Chemical communications

Poly [3-(5-octyl-thienylene-vinyl)-thiophene]: A side-chain conjugated polymer with very broad absorption band

J Hou, C Yang, C He, Y Li

Index: Hou, Jianhui; Yang, Chunhe; He, Chang; Li, Yongfang Chemical Communications, 2006 , # 8 p. 871 - 873

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Citation Number: 65

Abstract

A novel polythiophene derivative, poly [3-(5-octyl-thienylene-vinyl)-thiophene](POTVT) with conjugated thienylene vinyl side-chain, was synthesized, and the POTVT film shows a very broad absorption band-width covering from 300 nm to 700 nm after thermal annealing at 130° C for 10 min.