The aim of this project is to prepare and characterise novel triarylamine-based hole transport materials for xerographic applications that exhibit favourable electrochemical properties and amorphous nature. As an introduction, the six steps of the xerographic process and the common classes of hole transporting materials are described. The basic theories that have been developed for charge transport are discussed and an overview of the palladium-mediated amination and Suzuki reactions is given. In the following chapters, the synthesis and characterisation of a number of hole transporting triarylamines is reported. A series of linear trimeric arylamines is synthesised using the palladium-catalysed Suzuki protocol and their properties were determined using cyclic voltammetry, thermal gravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry. Similar characterisation is carried out for a number of relatively unsubstituted phenyl and thiophene-based triarylamines. The synthesis of a series of oligomeric materials based on MPPD (Bis-methoxyphenyl-diphenyl-biphenyl-diamine) is reported and their electrochemical and thermal properties are investigated. Thiophene and dioctyl-fluorene-substituted MPPD-derivatives are studied as hole transport materials. Star-shaped and dendritic triarylamines with biphenyl and bithiophene-core molecules are also prepared using palladium-mediated chemistry and characterised. Finally, the attempts to synthesise macrocyclic triarylamine hole transporting materials are described in detail. The charge carrier properties for some of the synthesised materials are measured using the time-of-flight technique of using field-effect-transistors. Each set-up is described in detail and the hole mobility of the materials is calculated. A correlation between structural characteristics and charge-transporting properties is attempted.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:595437 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Alexiou, I. |
| Publisher | University of Cambridge |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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