A naphthylanthracene-based polymer comprising a repeating unit of the formula ##STR00001## wherein: Ar is an aryl or substituted aryl of from 6 to 60 carbon atoms; or a heteroaryl or substituted heteroaryl of from 4 to 60 carbon atoms; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 are the same or different, and are each individually hydrogen, or alkyl, or alkenyl, or alkynyl, or alkoxy, or amino, or thioalkyl, or carboxyl, or carbonyl, wherein the alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, amino, thioalkyl, carboxy, or carbonyl can have from 1 to 40 carbon atoms; or aryl of from 6 to 60 carbon atoms; or heteroaryl of from 4 to 60 carbon atoms; or F, or Cl, or Br; or a cyano group; or a nitro group, or a sulfonate group; and L is a direct bond between naphthylanthracene and polymer backbone or a carbon linking group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms or a non-carbon linking group.
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This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 10/786,812, filed Feb. 25, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,899,963 entitled "Electroluminescent Devices Having Pendant Naphthylanthracene-Based Polymers" by Shiying Zheng, et al.
Provided is an organic thin film transistor comprising a polymeric layer interposed between a gate dielectric and an organic semiconductor layer. Various homopolymers, copolymers, and functional copolymers are taught for use in the polymeric layer. An integrated circuit comprising a multiplicity of thin film transistors and methods of making a thin film transistor are also provided. The organic thin film transistors of the invention typically exhibit improvement in one or more transistor properties.
