Authors
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Tkachov, R. ; Komber, H. ; Rauch, S. ; Lederer, A. ; Oertel, U. ; Häußler, L. ; Voit, B. ; Kiriy, A.
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Title
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One-pot synthesis of all-conjugated block-like bisthiophene-naphthalenediimide/fluorene copolymer
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Date
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08.08.2014
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Number
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44227
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Abstract
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A copolymerization of electron-rich and electron-deficient monomers via the chain-growth catalyst-transfer polycondensation route is highly challenging and has never been accomplished thus far, to the best of our knowledge. Herein, we report a simple method to copolymerize two monomers of a significantly different nature: anion-radical naphthalene diimidedithiophene-based and zinc-organic AB-type fluorenic ones. We found that the copolymerization proceeds rapidly in the presence of Pd catalyst having the bulky and electron-rich tri-tert-butylphosphine ligand. Despite the fact that the two monomers are simultaneously added to the copolymerization (batch polymerization), the polymerization leads to a gradient or even block-like copolymer rather than to a random copolymer or to a mixture of homopolymers, as evident from NMR, GPC, AFM, and fluorescence quenching experiments. The block-like copolymer is formed because the fluorenic monomer polymerizes much faster, yet because the resulting PF2/6 homopolymer is able to initiate polymerization of the second monomer, presumably acting as macroinitiator. Although the investigated copolymerization does not involve a living propagation mechanism and the resulting product is not a well-defined block copolymer, this result is an important step toward a general protocol for preparation of all-conjugated donoracceptor block copolymers for optoelectronic applications.
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Publisher
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Macromolecules
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Wikidata
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Citation
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Macromolecules 47 (2014) 4994-5001
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DOI
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https://doi.org/10.1021/ma5006588
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