Abstract: A composition including a polymer and a liquid, wherein the polymer exhibits lower solubility in the liquid at room temperature but exhibits greater solubility in the liquid at an elevated temperature, wherein the composition gels when the elevated temperature is lowered to a first lower temperature without agitation, wherein the viscosity of the composition results from a process comprising (a) dissolving at the elevated temperature at least a portion of the polymer in the liquid; (b) lowering the temperature of the composition from the elevated temperature to the first lower temperature; and (c) agitating the composition to disrupt any gelling, wherein the agitating commences at any time prior to, simultaneous with, or subsequent to the lowering the elevated temperature of the composition to the first lower temperature, wherein the amount of the polymer dissolved in the liquid at the elevated temperature ranges from about 0.2% to about 5% based on the total weight of the polymer and the liquid.

Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member having a charge generating layer and a charge transport layer overlayed thereon is provided. The charge transport layer has a lower surface and an upper surface, wherein the lower surface is in contiguous contact with the charge generating layer. The charge transport layer comprises a film forming polymer binder and a charge transport compound molecularly dispersed or dissolved therein to form a solid solution. The concentration of the charge transport compound in the charge transport layer decreases from the lower surface to the upper surface. In such a construction, the resulting charge transport layer exhibits enhanced cracking suppression, improved wear resistance, excellent imaging member electrical performance, and improved copy print out quality.

Abstract: An electrophotographic imaging member having a charge generating layer and a charge transport layer overlayed thereon is provided. The charge transport layer has a lower surface and an upper surface, wherein the lower surface is in contiguous contact with the charge generating layer. The charge transport layer comprises a film forming polymer binder and a charge transport compound molecularly dispersed or dissolved therein to form a solid solution. The concentration of the charge transport compound in the charge transport layer decreases from the lower surface to the upper surface. In such a construction, the resulting charge transport layer exhibits enhanced cracking suppression, improved wear resistance, excellent imaging member electrical performance, and improved copy print out quality.

Abstract: A thin film transistor including: an insulating layer; a gate electrode; a semiconductor layer including coalesced structurally ordered polymer aggregates of a self-organizable polymer, wherein the self-organizable polymer is of a type capable of gelling; a source electrode; and a drain electrode, wherein the insulating layer, the gate electrode, the semiconductor layer, the source electrode, and the drain electrode are in any sequence as long as the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer both contact the insulating layer, and the source electrode and the drain electrode both contact the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: Polythiophenes of the formula wherein R and R? are side chains; A is a divalent linkage; x and y represent the number of unsubstituted thienylene units; z represents the number of groups, and wherein the sum of x and y represents the number of groups; m represents the number of segments; and n represents the degree of polymerization.

Abstract: A process including: (a) selecting a composition including a polymer and a liquid, wherein the polymer exhibits lower solubility in the liquid at room temperature but exhibits greater solubility in the liquid at an elevated temperature, wherein the composition gels when the elevated temperature is lowered to a first lower temperature without agitation; (b) dissolving at the elevated temperature at least a portion of the polymer in the liquid; (c) lowering the temperature of the composition from the elevated temperature to the first lower temperature; (d) agitating the composition to disrupt any gelling, wherein the agitating commences at any time prior to, simultaneous with, or subsequent to the lowering the elevated temperature of the composition to the first lower temperature: (e) depositing a layer of the composition wherein the composition is at a second lower temperature lower than the elevated temperature; and (f) drying at least partially the layer.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a semiconductor layer in contact with a number of electrodes, wherein the semiconductive layer includes a compound wherein either or both of the following geometric isomers of the compound are present: wherein: n is 1, 2 or 3 for the polycyclic moiety; and R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon ring and a heterocyclic group, wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different hydrocarbon ring, the same or different heterocyclic group, or one of R1 and R2 is the hydrocarbon ring and the other the heterocyclic group.

Abstract: Polythiophenes of the formula 1

Abstract: Polythiophenes of the formula wherein R and R′ are side chains; A is a divalent linkage; x and y represent the number of unsubstituted thienylene units; z is 0 or 1, and wherein the sum of x and y is greater than zero; m represents the number of segments; and n represents the degree of polymerization.

Abstract: A field effect transistor composed of: an insulating layer; a gate electrode; a semiconductor layer including an organic semiconductor material and a binder resin; a source electrode; and a drain electrode, wherein the insulating layer, the gate electrode, the semiconductor layer, the source electrode, and the drain electrode are in any sequence as long as the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer both contact the insulating layer, and the source electrode and the drain electrode both contact the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A process including:

Abstract: A thin film transistor including:

Abstract: A field effect transistor composed of:

Abstract: A process comprising:

Abstract: An electronic device containing a polythiophene of Formula (I) wherein R and R′ are side chains; A is a divalent linkage; x and y represent the number of unsubstituted thienylene units; z is 0 or 1, and wherein the sum of x and y is greater than about zero; m represents the number of segments; and n represents the degree of polymerization.

Abstract: Polythiophenes of the formula 1

Abstract: An electronic device containing a polythiophene of Formula (I) 1

Abstract: An electrostatographic article including: a substrate; a charge generator layer overcoated on the substrate and which layer is sensitive to blue light; and a charge transport layer overcoated on the charge generator layer and which charge transport layer is transparent to blue light.

Abstract: A photoconductive imaging member containing a photogenerating layer and a triphenylamine charge transport layer of the formula or optionally mixtures thereof wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each independently alkyl, aryl, hydrogen, alkoxy, and the like.

Abstract: A photoconductive imaging member containing a photogenerator layer comprised of a mixture of bis(methylbenzimidazo)perinone, optionally an (alkylimido)perylene, such as (n-pentylimido)perylene or mixtures of (n-pentylimido)perylene, bisbenzimidazo(2,1-a-1′,2′-b)anthra(2,1,9-def:6,5,10-d′e′f′)diisoquinoline-6,11-dione and bisbenzimidazo(2,1-a:2′,1′-a)anthra(2,1,9-def:6,5,10-d′e′f′)diisoquinoline-10,21-dione, and a charge transport layer.