Polyfluorenes with polyphenylene dendron side chains: toward non-aggregating, light-emitting polymers

…, AC Grimsdale, T Weil, V Enkelmann…

Index: Setayesh; Grimsdale; Weil; Enkelmann; Muellen; Meghdadi; List; Leising Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2001 , vol. 123, # 5 p. 946 - 953

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Abstract

A polyfluorene 12 has been prepared in which bulky polyphenylene dendrimer substituents suppress formation of long wavelength emitting aggregates, thus giving a polymer with pure blue emission. Absorption-and emission spectra and molecular modeling confirm that the bulky dendrimer side chains do not cause extra torsion between the fluorene units. New polyfluorenes with 9, 9-diaryl substituents have been prepared to determine the minimum ...