TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis and characterization of water-soluble poly(p-phenylene vinylene) derivatives via the dithiocarbamate precursor route
AU - Vandenbergh, Joke
AU - Dergent, Jeroen
AU - Conings, Bert
AU - Krishna, T. V. V. Gopala
AU - Maes, Wouter
AU - Cleij, Thomas J.
AU - Lutsen, Laurence
AU - Manca, Jean V.
AU - Vanderzande, Dirk J. M.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - Two hydrophilic branched oligo(ethylene glycol)-substituted ppv derivatives, poly(2,5-bis(1,3-bis(triethoxymethoxy)propan-2-yloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene) (btemp-ppv) and poly(2-methoxy-5-(1,3-bis(triethoxymethoxy)propan-2-yloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene) (mtemp-ppv), are presented. Polymerizations have been performed via the dithiocarbamate precursor route, using lithium hexamethyldisilazide (lhmds) as a base, to obtain high molecular weight precursor polymers. After thermal conversion of the precursor polymers into the fully conjugated systems, the solubility of the polymers has been examined. The polar nonionic side chains of mtemp-ppv and btemp-ppv render the ppv backbone soluble in a variety of solvents, including alcohols and even water, making these polymers suitable candidates to be used in optoelectronic devices that can be processed from environmentally friendly solvent systems.
AB - Two hydrophilic branched oligo(ethylene glycol)-substituted ppv derivatives, poly(2,5-bis(1,3-bis(triethoxymethoxy)propan-2-yloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene) (btemp-ppv) and poly(2-methoxy-5-(1,3-bis(triethoxymethoxy)propan-2-yloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene) (mtemp-ppv), are presented. Polymerizations have been performed via the dithiocarbamate precursor route, using lithium hexamethyldisilazide (lhmds) as a base, to obtain high molecular weight precursor polymers. After thermal conversion of the precursor polymers into the fully conjugated systems, the solubility of the polymers has been examined. The polar nonionic side chains of mtemp-ppv and btemp-ppv render the ppv backbone soluble in a variety of solvents, including alcohols and even water, making these polymers suitable candidates to be used in optoelectronic devices that can be processed from environmentally friendly solvent systems.
KW - Water soluble conjugated polymers
KW - PPV-type polymers
KW - Precursor routes
KW - Semi-conducting polymers
U2 - 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2011.06.014
DO - 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2011.06.014
M3 - Article
SN - 0014-3057
VL - 47
SP - 1827
EP - 1835
JO - European Polymer Journal
JF - European Polymer Journal
IS - 9
ER -