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Polymer Chemistry

Electrochromic and liquid crystalline polycarbonates based on telechelic oligothiophenes†

R. Stalder,a   A. Mavrinskiy,b   C. Grand,c   W. Imaram,ad   A. Angerhofer,a   W. Pisula,b   K. Müllenb  and  J. R. Reynolds*c  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Center for Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA

b Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128 Mainz, Germany

c School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
E-mail: reynolds@chemistry.gatech.edu

d Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract

The triphosgene carbonate synthesis is adapted as a convenient route towards an alternating main-chain rod/coil polycarbonate based on a telechelic sexithiophene oligomer, yielding an electroactive polymer that is a vibrantly electrochromic material despite the conjugation break. This polymer displays morphological behaviour typical of a liquid-crystalline polymer, with stacking distances between chromophores suitable for potential charge transport applications.

Graphical abstract: Electrochromic and liquid crystalline polycarbonates based on telechelic oligothiophenes

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4PY01551G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Nov 2014
Accepted
17 Dec 2014
First published
08 Jan 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Polym. Chem., 2015,6, 1230-1235

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Electrochromic and liquid crystalline polycarbonates based on telechelic oligothiophenes

R. Stalder, A. Mavrinskiy, C. Grand, W. Imaram, A. Angerhofer, W. Pisula, K. Müllen and J. R. Reynolds, Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 1230 DOI: 10.1039/C4PY01551G

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