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Studies of Luminescence Performance on Carbazole Donor and Quinoline Acceptor Based Conjugated Polymer

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We report on the synthesis of conjugated polymer (CV-QP) containing carbazole (donor) and quinoline (acceptor) using Wittig methodology. The structural, optical and thermal properties of the polymer were investigated by FT-IR, NMR, GPC, UV, PL, cyclic voltammetry, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The polymer exhibits thermal stability upto 200 °C and shows good solubility in common organic solvents. The polymer has optical absorption band in a thin film at 360 nm and emission band formed at 473 nm. The optical energy band gap was found to be 2.69 eV as calculated from the onset absorption edge. Fluorescence quenching of the polymer CV-QP was found by using DMA (electron donor) and DMTP (electron acceptor). AFM image indicated that triangular shaped particles were observed and the particle size was found as 1.1 μm. The electrochemical studies of CV-QP reveal that, the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels of the CV-QP are 6.35 and 3.70 eV, which indicated that the polymers are expected to provide charge transporting properties for the development of polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs).

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The authors are grateful to the VIT University for providing the necessary facilities and DST/VIT-SIF for recording spectral data.

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Upadhyay, A., S, K. Studies of Luminescence Performance on Carbazole Donor and Quinoline Acceptor Based Conjugated Polymer. J Fluoresc 26, 439–449 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-015-1730-y

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