Poly(p-phenylenevinylene) Derivatives with Defined Conjugation Segments and Post-Polymerization Modification with Sterically Enshrouded Chromophores

Ashley A Buelt; Allison J Colberg; Ashlyn E Dennis; Kristine M Jecen; Brad P Morgan; Rhett C Smith

doi:10.1002/marc.200900755

Poly(p-phenylenevinylene) Derivatives with Defined Conjugation Segments and Post-Polymerization Modification with Sterically Enshrouded Chromophores

Macromol Rapid Commun. 2010 Apr 20;31(8):752-7. doi: 10.1002/marc.200900755. Epub 2010 Mar 24.

Authors

Ashley A Buelt¹, Allison J Colberg, Ashlyn E Dennis, Kristine M Jecen, Brad P Morgan, Rhett C Smith

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.

PMID: 21590967
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200900755

Abstract

Two poly(p-phenylenevinylene) derivative alternating copolymers (P1-I and P2-I) have been prepared featuring iodo substituents and m-phenylene units to periodically disrupt conjugation. P1-I was derivatized with various chromophores to yield P1a-f. In P1a-f, the chromophores were positioned within a sterically protected pocket shielding them from interchain interactions so that intrachain interactions between polymer segments could be observed. Solution and film properties of polymers have been examined. Post-polymerization chromophore modification leads to new photophysical properties such as intramolecular charge transfer and fluorescent resonance energy transfer processes in some cases.