Chemical tuning of the electronic properties of poly (p-phenylenevinylene)-based copolymers

PL Burn, A Kraft, D Baigent, DDC Bradley…

Index: Burn, Paul L.; Kraft, Arno; Baigent, Derek R.; Bradley, Donal D. C.; Brown, Adam R.; Friend, Richard H.; Gymer, Richard W.; Holmes, Andrew B.; Jackson, Roger W. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1993 , vol. 115, # 22 p. 10117 - 10124

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Abstract

Abstract: Molecular engineering has allowed the control of the HOMO-LUMO gap energy in a family of conjugated polymers based on poly (p-phenylenevinylene)(PPV). Random copolymerization of 1 and 6 afforded precursor polymers 10 with two different leaving groups. Treatment under thermal conditions led to a partially conjugated polymer 11 with regions of high and low HOMO-LUMO gap energy, showing a 30-fold improvement in ...