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Synthesis and electro-optical properties of fluorene containing blue luminescent rod-coil homopolymers with pendant pyridine Cover

Synthesis and electro-optical properties of fluorene containing blue luminescent rod-coil homopolymers with pendant pyridine

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|Feb 2017

Figures & Tables

Synthetic route for PFPA and PFNA.

Structure of PFPA and PFNA.

TGA measurements of homopolymers at a heating rate of 10 °C/min.

Table 1

Molecular weight and thermal properties of PFPA and PFNA.

PolymerMnMwPDITd [°C]a
PFPA14215152121.07352
PFNA13349151301.13359

a Temperature of 5 % weight loss

Normalized absorption spectra of polymers in dilute THF solutions (10−6 M) and solid films.

Normalized PL spectra of homopolymers PFPA and PFNA in dilute THF solutions (10−6 M) and solid films.

Table 2

Optical and Electrochemical properties.

PolymerSoluitionFilmEox/onsetHOMOEgLUMO
λmax (abs in nm)λmax (PL in nm)λmax (abs in nm)λmax (PL in nm)[V]a[eV]b[eV][eV]c
PFPA3354043424100.96−5.313.09−2.22
PFNA3394073464140.93−5.283.10−2.18

a Onset oxidation and reduction potentials measured by cyclic voltammetry in solid films

b HOMO = [−(Eonset − 0.45) − 4.8] eV, where 0.45 V is the value for ferrocene versus Ag/Ag+ and 4.8 eV is the energy level of ferrocene below the vacuum

c LUMO has been calculated from optical band gap

Cyclic voltammograms of polymers in solid films at a scan rate of 100 mV/s.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2017-0034 | Journal eISSN: 2083-134X (formerly 2083-124X) | Journal ISSN: 2083-1331
Language: English
Page range: 217 - 224
Submitted on: Mar 8, 2016
Accepted on: Jan 25, 2017
Published on: Feb 24, 2017
Published by: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2017 Duryodhan Sahu, Subhendu Chakroborty, published by Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
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