Preparation of Naphthalene Dianhydride Bithiophene Copolymers by Direct Arylation Polycondensation and the Latent Pigment Approach

Alessandro Sanzone; Simone Cimò; Sara Mattiello; Riccardo Ruffo; Irene Facchinetti; Giorgio E Bonacchini; Mario Caironi; Mauro Sassi; Michael Sommer; Luca Beverina

doi:10.1002/cplu.201900437

Preparation of Naphthalene Dianhydride Bithiophene Copolymers by Direct Arylation Polycondensation and the Latent Pigment Approach

Chempluschem. 2019 Sep;84(9):1176. doi: 10.1002/cplu.201900437. Epub 2019 Aug 14.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Materials Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via R. Cozzi 55, 20127, Milano, Italy.
² Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Nano Science and Technology @PoliMi, Via Pascoli, 70/3, 20133, Milano, Italy.
³ Institut for Chemistry, Chemnitz University of Technology, Strasse der Nationen 62, 09111, Chemnitz, Germany.

PMID: 31944055
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201900437

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover are the collaborating groups of Prof. Luca Beverina from the University of Molani-Bicocca, Italy and Prof. Michael Sommer from Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany. The front cover shows the thermally induced transformation of a soluble and electron-rich naphthalene tetraester-bithiophene copolymer into the corresponding insoluble and electron-poor naphthalenetetraanhydride derivative. The combination of monochromatic squares, inspired by the work of Josef Albers, shows the color change involved in the transformation. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/cplu.201900210.