A review is
given of the one-dimensional, intrachain and intracolumnar, char
ge mobilities,
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gest values, on the order of 10 cm
2/(V s), are found for sin
gle-crystal polydiacetylenespolymerized either thermally or with low doses of radiation. Much lower values of
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ge from 0.009 to 0.125 cm
2/(V s), are found for solution-synthesized conju
gatedpolymers for which six different backbone structures have been investi
gated. This isattributed mainly to their complex morpholo
gy and the resultin
g static disorder in thebackbone structure. The hi
ghest mobilities for this class of material, ca. 0.1 cm
2/(V s), arefound for liquid crystalline derivatives of polyfluorene and poly(phenylenevinylene). Lar
germobilities are found for discotic materials, with maximum values close to 1 cm
2/(V s) inboth the crystalline solid and liquid crystalline phases. This is attributed to theirself-or
ganizin
g nature and hence hi
gher de
gree of structural order, which compensates forthe weaker electronic couplin
g between monomeric units in the discotics compared with thecovalently bonded conju
gated polymers.