An N,N′-diaryl urea based conjugated polymer model system

An N,N′-diphenyl urea was designed as a model system for aggregation phenomenon in poly(phenyleneethynylenes) (PPEs). The unmethylated N,N′-diphenyl urea adopts an open, unfolded conformation in which the two diphenyl acetylene fluorophores are far enough away, mimicking the unaggregated state. Dimethylation forces the aromatic surfaces together into π-π contact, mimicking the aggregated state of PPEs. Analogous to bulk PPEs, this model system shows dramatic differences in quantum yield between the folded and unfolded states, with the unfolded urea having greater than 400-fold higher fluorescence quantum yield than its folded equivalent.     

Two‐stage copolycondensation of preformed oligomers with bisphenols by tosyl chloride/dimethylformamide/pyridine from distributions of resulting oligomers determined by a combination of gel permeation chromatography and NMR

A two‐stage co‐oligomerization of the oligomers initially formed from an equimolar mixture of isophthalic acid (IPA) and terephthalic acid (TPA) and 2,2‐bis(4‐hydroxyphenyl)propane (BPA, 50 mol %) with bisphenols (BPs, 20 mol %) was carried out using a tosyl chloride/dimethylformamide/pyridine condensing agent. The distributions of the resulting oligomers (n_x‐mers), which were quenched with methanol, were determined by a combination of gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and NMR. These distributions (presented by molar percentage) were conveniently calculated with the equation n_x (mol %) = n_x (% mol by GPC) × n₀ (mol % by NMR)/n₀ (% mol by GPC), where n_x (% mol) = n_x (wt % by GPC)/its molecular weight. The results showed the distributions of the preformed IPA/TPA‐BPA oligomers to be in fairly good accord with those obtained directly from GPC and to be supported by the NMR results. The calculation was applied to the co‐oligomers prepared up to a reaction of 0.7, at which there was an increase in the number of higher oligomers indivisible by GPC and the distributions could no longer be determined by molar percentage. The calculated distributions are discussed in relation to the results of copolycondensation. The sequence distributions in the resulting co‐oligomers, which were also examined by NMR, are compared with those in the copolymers. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 44–51, 2004     

Polyesterification of aromatic dicarboxylic acids and bisphenols with tosyl chloride/dimethylformamide/pyridine promoted by the improvement of the difficult solubility of the activated diacids with lithium chloride

The solution polyesterification of dicarboxylic acids in pyridine, the activated intermediates of which were difficult to dissolve in tosyl chloride/dimethylformamide/pyridine, was investigated in the presence of lithium chloride. The solubility of the activated dicarboxylic acids was largely improved by the presence of the salt, and the polycondensation with bisphenols was greatly facilitated. The salt was more effectively added to a pyridine solution of dicarboxylic acids than to the activated dicarboxylic acids in pyridine. The favorable additive effect on the improved solubility was attributed to a lowered degree of association of the activated dicarboxylic acids, which led to distributions of the resulting oligomers from bisphenols at an earlier stage closer to the theoretical ones and yielded better polycondensation results. The reaction, which proceeded through favorable distributions of the co‐oligomers, produced copolymers of higher inherent viscosities and slightly block sequence distributions determined by NMR. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 2725–2733, 2004     

Hybrid organosilazane/organosilylamine telechelic oligomers—I. Two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy characterization of dimethylsilylethylenediamine oligomers

The detailed characterization of multifunctional hybrid organosilazane/organosilylamine telechelic oligomers by IR and ¹H, ¹³C and ²⁹Si NMR spectroscopy in one and two dimenions has been undertaken. The specific multifunctional oligomers, comprising NH/NH₂ or SiCl functionalities depending on the monomer feed-ratio, were prepared from mono- and di-functionally reacted dichlorodimethylsilane (DDS) and mono-, di-, tri- and tetra-functionally reacted ethylenediamine (EDA). Varying the feed-ratio afforded control of the microstructures of the oligomers and the preparation of oligomers with, in some cases, conterminously located silicon–chlorine (SiCl) groups. The combination of the NMR methods with the IR technique has enabled the detailed microstructural characterization of the oligomers and the identification of the functionalities therein. This approach and the knowledge gained from the DDS/EDA system has been applied to the microstructural characterization of other hybrid organosilazane/silylamine preceramic telechelic oligomers.     

Luminescent copolymers for applications in multicolor‐light‐emitting devices

Light‐emitting diodes based on organic materials [organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs)] have attracted much interest over the past decade. Several different attempts have been made to realize multicolor OLEDs. This article describes a new approach based on energy transfer in a donor/acceptor system. A copolymer containing both donor and acceptor compounds as comonomer units is prepared. The polymer consists of a derivative of a luminescent dye [4‐dicyanmethylene‐2‐methyl‐6‐4H‐pyran (DCM); acceptor compound], which is copolymerized with fluorene (donor compound) to combine the properties of an electroactive polymer with a highly luminescent dye. Photochemical processing is achieved by UV irradiation of this copolymer in the presence of gaseous trialkylsilanes. This reagent selectively saturates the C?C bonds in the DCM comonomer units while leaving the fluorene units essentially unaffected. As a result of the photochemical process, the red electroluminescence of the acceptor compound vanishes, and the blue‐green electroluminescence from the polyfluorene units is recovered. Compared with previous approaches based on polymer blends, this copolymer approach avoids problems associated with phase‐separation phenomena in the active layer of OLEDs. © 2006Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 4317–4327, 2006     

Novel conjugated polymer poly(benzobisoxazole-2,6-diylvinylene): synthesis and evidence of aggregate formation in methanesulfonic acid

A new conjugated polymer poly(benzobisoxazole-2,6-diylvinylene) (PBOV) has been synthesized as an analogue of poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) (PBO). The comparison between PBOV and PBO has been carried out by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, UV, and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The UV absorption peaks, PL excitation and emission wavelengths of PBOV have a significant red-shift due to the better electronic delocalization. Similar to PBO, it can be observed in the PL spectra of PBOV at various concentrations in methanesulfonic acid (MSA) that the intensity of emission was depressed and the highly structured emission spectra gradually changed to featureless, red-shifted, and broad spectra with increasing concentration. The change in emission spectra can be attributed to the existence of the interchain aggregates, although PBOV does not show highly ordered structure as PBO does.     

含液晶基团的聚对亚苯基亚乙炔基类交替共聚物的合成、表征及性能研究

合成了两种含氰基联苯液晶基团的新型聚对亚苯基亚乙炔基(PPE)类交替共聚物,并对其进行了结构表征和性能研究.示差扫描量热仪(DSC)和偏光显微镜(POM)的结果证明了在液晶单元含量较大时聚合物才会出现明显的液晶形态.荧光光谱表明,在降温前后液晶聚合物的发光光谱发生了明显的变化.同时,对聚合物进行能量转移研究发现随着溶液浓度的增加,Frster能量转移更加完全;另外,利用原子力显微镜(AFM)对聚合物降温前后的形态变化进行了观察.结果表明,液晶性质可以导致聚合物形态的变化进而带来发光光谱的改变,为今后制备液晶可控型发光聚合物提供了理论依据.     

一种新型联萘基旋光共轭聚合物的圆二色谱和圆偏振荧光光谱

众所周知 ,聚合物的光电性质依赖于聚合物链的构象和 (或 )组成 ,通过在聚合物上引入手性单元 ,采用圆二色谱 ( CD)和圆偏振荧光光谱 ( CPL)等方法可表征聚合物结构 [1] .近年来 ,由于圆偏振光可用作光数据存储和液晶显示器背景光 [2 ] ,人们开始注重共轭聚合物圆偏振光材料的研究 .共轭聚合物的光致和电致圆偏振光的现象由一种带手性侧链的聚噻吩[3 ] 和一种带手性侧链的聚 (对苯撑乙烯 ) [4 ]产生 ,但它们的圆偏振荧光度 (用不对称因子 glum=2 ( IL-IR) / ( IL+IR)表示 ,IL 和 IR 分别指左圆偏振光强度和右圆偏振光强度 )相对较低 …     

Morphological effect on spectral property of poly(9,9-dihexylfluorene-alt-2,5-dihexyloxybenzene) films

In this study the optical property and film morphology of a conjugated polymer, poly(9,9-dihexylfluorene-alt-2,5-dihexyloxybenzene) (PF6OC6), are investigated. It is found that the intensity of the 0-1 emission relative to the 0-0 emission in the PL spectra and the full width at the half-maximum (fwhm) of PL spectra of the PF6OC6 films decrease firstly and then increase with increasing the annealing temperature. The polymer films also exhibit different morphological features after annealing at different temperatures. The optical and morphological results suggest that the vibronic structure of PF6OC6 is closely related to the film morphology, and its formation is enhanced in the amorphous (or less ordered) films and inhibited in the ordered films.     

Synthesis of Molecular Wires of Linear and Branched Bis(terpyridine)‐Complex Oligomers and Electrochemical Observation of Through‐Bond Redox Conduction

Films of linear and branched oligomer wires of Fe(tpy)₂ (tpy=2,2′:6′,2′′‐terpyridine) were constructed on a gold‐electrode surface by the interfacial stepwise coordination method, in which a surface‐anchoring ligand, (tpy? C₆H₄N?NC₆H₄? S)₂ ( 1 ), two bridging ligands, 1,4‐(tpy)₂C₆H₄ ( 3 ) and 1,3,5‐(C?C? tpy)₃C₆H₃ ( 4 ), and metal ions were used. The quantitative complexation of the ligands and Fe^II ions was monitored by electrochemical measurements in up to eight complexation cycles for linear oligomers of 3 and in up to four cycles for branched oligomers of 4 . STM observation of branched oligomers at low surface coverage showed an even distribution of nanodots of uniform size and shape, which suggests the quantitative formation of dendritic structures. The electron‐transport mechanism and kinetics for the redox reaction of the films of linear and branched oligomer wires were analyzed by potential‐step chronoamperometry (PSCA). The unique current‐versus‐time behavior observed under all conditions indicates that electron conduction occurs not by diffusional motion but by successive electron hopping between neighboring redox sites within a molecular wire. Redox conduction in a single molecular wire in a redox‐polymer film has not been reported previously. The analysis provided the rate constant for electron transfer between the electrode and the nearest redox‐complex moiety, k₁ (s^?1), as well as that for intrawire electron transfer between neighboring redox‐complex moieties, k₂ (cm² mol^?1 s^?1). The strong effect of the electrolyte concentration on both k₁ and k₂ indicates that the counterion motion limits the electron‐hopping rate at lower electrolyte concentrations. Analysis of the dependence of k₁ and k₂ on the potential gave intrinsic kinetic parameters without overpotential effects: k₁⁰=110 s^?1, k₂⁰=2.6×10¹² cm² mol^?1 s^?1 for [n Fe 3 ], and k₁⁰=100 s^?1, k₂⁰=4.1×10¹¹ cm² mol^?1 s^?1 for [n Fe 4 ] (n=number of complexation cycles).