1. A conjugated polymer-based optoelectronic material comprising:
an optoelectronic conjugated polymer having a main chain and side chains; and
an organic diluent which is at least partially miscible with said conjugated polymer;
wherein molecules of said organic diluent physically react with said side chains of said conjugated polymer to form hydrogen bonds therebetween, thereby generating molecular constraints in said conjugated polymer to suppress molecular deformation of said conjugated polymer that occurs soon after said conjugated polymer is excited.
2. The conjugated polymer-based optoelectronic material of claim 1, wherein each of said side chains of said conjugated polymer has at least one group that is selected from one of a hydrogen bond donor group and a hydrogen bond acceptor group, and each of the molecules of said organic diluent has at least one group that is selected from the other of said hydrogen bond donor group and said hydrogen bond acceptor group so as to permit formation of said hydrogen bonds between said conjugated polymer and said organic diluent.
3. The conjugated polymer-based optoelectronic material of claim 1, wherein said organic diluent is in an amount of greater than 9 wt % and said conjugated polymer is in an amount of greater than 5 wt % based on a total weight of said conjugated polymer-based optoelectronic material.
4. The conjugated polymer-based optoelectronic material of claim 1, wherein said organic diluent is in an amount of greater than 40 wt %, and said conjugated polymer is in an amount of greater than 35 wt % based on a total weight of said conjugated polymer-based optoelectronic material.
5. The conjugated polymer-based optoelectronic material of claim 1, wherein said conjugated polymer is a thiophene derivative conjugated polymer.
6. The conjugated polymer-based optoelectronic material of claim 5, wherein said thiophene derivative conjugated polymer is poly2-(thiophen-3-yl)ethyl acetate.
7. The conjugated polymer-based optoelectronic of claim 6, wherein said organic diluent is a phenol derivative.
8. A solid thin film made from a conjugated polymer-based optoelectronic material that comprises an optoelectronic conjugated polymer having a main chain and side chains, and an organic diluent which is at least partially miscible with said conjugated polymer, wherein molecules of said organic diluent physically react with said side chains of said conjugated polymer to form hydrogen bonds therebetween, thereby generating molecular constraints in said conjugated polymer to suppress molecular deformation of said conjugated polymer that occurs soon after said conjugated polymer is excited.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a transmit plug configured to couple to a transmit antenna port of an EAS reader;
a first receiver port coupled to the transmit plug, the first receiver port and transmit plug configured to receive a reader transmit signal at an EAS frequency from the EAS reader;
a first frequency converter coupled to the first receiver port and configured to convert the reader transmit signal to an RFID frequency to provide a converted reader transmit signal, the RFID frequency differing from the EAS frequency;
a first transmit port configured to transmit the converted reader transmit signal to a tag via a first transmit cable and transmit antenna coupled to said first transmit port;
a second receiver port configured to receive a tag transmit signal from a tag via a receiver antenna and a first receiver cable coupled to said second receiver port;
a second frequency converter configured to convert the tag transmit signal to the EAS frequency to provide a converted tag transmit signal;
a second transmit port coupled to the second frequency converter and configured to receive the converted tag transmit signal; and
a receive plug coupled to the second transmit port and configured to couple to a receive antenna port of the EAS reader, the receive plug and second transmit port configured to transmit the converted tag transmit signal to the EAS reader.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a baseband converter for
converting the reader transmit signal to provide a baseband transmit signal.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the reader transmit signal is an encoded reader transmit signal and the baseband transmit signal is an encoded baseband transmit signal, said apparatus further comprising decoder circuitry for decoding the encoded baseband transmit signal to provide a decoded baseband signal.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the reader transmit signal is encoded with a first coding scheme, said apparatus further comprising encoding circuitry for encoding the decoded baseband signal with a second encoding scheme differing from the first encoding scheme to provide a further encoded baseband signal.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a further frequency enables a communication between the EAS reader and a computer.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, comprising a further frequency converter configured to convert the reader transmit signal to a third frequency differing from the first and second frequencies to provide a further converted reader transmit signal and transmitting the further converted reader transmit signal to a tag, said third frequency being equal to or greater than 3.6 GHz.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a communication with a combination tag by way of the third frequency and at least one of the first and second frequencies.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first receiver port is coupled to the transmit plug by a second transmit cable.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the second transmit port is coupled to the receive plug by a second receive cable.
10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein transmit plug is configured to directly mate with the transmit antenna port.
11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein receive plug is configured to directly mate with the receive antenna port.