Study on the influence of methyl groups and their location on properties of triphenylamino-based charge transporting hydrazones.

Abstract  Methyl substituent effects on the HOMO and LUMO energy levels, and the ability to transport charge and form stable molecular glasses of 4-(diphenylamino)benzaldehyde phenylhydrazones were investigated. Thermal properties, HOMO and LUMO energy levels, and hole mobility values are dependent on the number of methyl substituents and their position in the investigated transporting materials. Surprisingly, however, the presence of methyl groups at any position negatively affects the hole drift mobility of the molecularly doped polymers containing those hydrazones. Graphical Abstract   [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]