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The photophysical properties and morphology of fluorene-alt-benzene based conjugated polymer

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Frontiers of Chemistry in China

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A series of fluorene-alt-benzene based conjugated main chain polymers chemically attached with alkyl side chains of different lengths on phenylene rings were designed and synthesized by a palladium catalyzed Suzuki coupling reaction. The UV-vis absorption and fluorescence spectra, thermal stability of spectral property, phase transition behavior and morphology of the synthesized polymers were investigated. With increasing the length of the alkyl side chain, the UV and fluorescence spectra exhibit an obvious blue shift compared with those of the unsubstituted polymer. The alkyl substitution improves the thermal spectral stability of the polymers due to the steric hindrance of the alkyl side chains, thus leading to efficient separation of the main chain backbones. The phase transition behavior is closely related to the length of the alkyl side chains attached on the phenylene rings. The annealed films of the polymers display characteristic nematic liquid crystalline texture. TEM observations indicate that solvent-cast thin deposits of all the polymers show typical fibrillar morphology.

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    Yang Guizhong, Wang Min & Liu Tianxi

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Yang, G., Wang, M. & Liu, T. The photophysical properties and morphology of fluorene-alt-benzene based conjugated polymer. Front. Chem. China 1, 130–137 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11458-006-0002-4

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