Synthesis of a functional polymer with pendent luminescent phenylenevinylene units through nitroxide-mediated free-radical polymerization

✍ Scribed by Marc Moroni; Alain Hilberer; Georges Hadziioannou

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 480 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1022-1336
• DOI: 10.1002/marc.1996.030171004

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In this communication we report the synthesis and the efficient polymerization of a PPV trimer, 4‐tert‐buty1‐4′‐(4‐vinylstyryl)‐trans‐stilbene. By using the TEMPO (2,2,6,6‐tetramethylpiperidin‐1‐yloxy)‐mediated free‐radical polymerization method, the corresponding polymer was obtained in high yields, with a fair molecular weight and a small polydispersity. The presence of phenylenevinylene units in the side chains of the polymer gives rise to efficient blue fluorescence which makes the material suitable for light emission applications.