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Recent synthetic strategies of small heterocyclic organic molecules with optoelectronic applications: a review

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Over the past few years, there have been tremendous developments in the design and synthesis of organic optoelectronic materials with appealing applications in device fabrication of organic light-emitting diodes, superconductors, organic lasers, organic field-effect transistors, clean energy-producing organic solar cells, etc. There is an increasing demand for the synthesis of green, highly efficient organic optoelectronic materials to cope with the issue of efficiency roll-off in organic semiconductor-based devices. This review systematically summarized the recent progress in the design and synthesis of small organic molecules having promising optoelectronic properties for their potential applications in optoelectronic devices during the last 10-year range (2010–early 2021).

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There is a surge of interest in small organic molecules with optoelectronic properties due to various advantages over other organic semiconductors. The novel synthesized materials advance the field of optoelectronics by fabrication of high-efficiency devices, such as optical biosensors, OLEDs, Solar cells, lasers, and optic fibers.

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Iftikhar, R., Khan, F.Z. & Naeem, N. Recent synthetic strategies of small heterocyclic organic molecules with optoelectronic applications: a review. Mol Divers 28, 271–307 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11030-022-10597-0

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