Conjugated polymer films of unsubstituted and alkoxy-substituted poly (p-phenylene) have been prepared via a Kumada-type catalyst-transfer polycondensation in a grafting-from configuration. A surface-bound external initiator was formed by reacting a Ni (0) complex with a thienyl bromide monolayer, and this surface-bound initiator was used to polymerize several Grignard monomers prepared from the corresponding 1, 4-dihalobenzenes ...
