Perpendicular organization of macromolecules: Synthesis and alignment studies of a soluble poly (iptycene)

…, SR Kline, EL Thomas, TM Swager

Index: Breen, Craig A.; Deng, Tao; Breiner, Thomas; Thomas, Edwin L.; Swager, Timothy M. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003 , vol. 125, # 33 p. 9942 - 9943

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Abstract

We describe herein a polymeric material that prefers to align perpendicular to a stretch- aligned polymer host in the solid state. Poly (iptycene) poly-1 was synthesized from monomer 1 under hyperbaric techniques via a Diels-Alder polymerization. Polarized excitation spectra of the anthracene end groups in this material in a stretch-aligned, solution- cast poly (vinyl chloride)(PVC) film showed that the poly (iptycene) prefers to align normal ...