ABSTRACT The manuscript deals with the synthesis and properties of four new all-donor alternating poly (arylene-ethynylene) s DBSA, DBSTA, DTSA, and DTSTA. The polymers have been obtained by a Sonogashira cross-coupling of 9, 10-diethynyl-anthracene with the dibromo-derivatives of 9, 9-dioctyl-dibenzosilole (DBSA), 2, 7-dithienyl-9, 9-dioctyl- dibenzosilole (DBSTA), 4, 4-dioctyl-dithienosilole (DTSA), or 2, 6-dithienyl-9, 9-dioctyl- ...