Volume 154, Issue 1 pp. 177-186
Article

The copolymer route to new luminescent materials for LEDs

Beng Sim Chuah

Beng Sim Chuah

Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3RA, U.K.

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Florence Geneste

Florence Geneste

Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3RA, U.K.

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Andrew B. Holmes

Andrew B. Holmes

Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3RA, U.K.

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Rainer E. Martin

Rainer E. Martin

Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3RA, U.K.

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Henning Rost

Henning Rost

Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3RA, U.K.

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Franco Cacialli

Franco Cacialli

Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.

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Richard H. Friend

Richard H. Friend

Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.

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Hans-Heinrich Hörhold

Hans-Heinrich Hörhold

Institute of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany

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Steffen Pfeiffer

Steffen Pfeiffer

Institute of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany

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Do-Hoon Hwang

Do-Hoon Hwang

ETRI, Yusong P.O. Box 106, Taejon, 305-600, Korea

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Abstract

The synthesis of the highly fluorescent mono- and bis-silylated poly(1,4-phenylene vinylene) derivatives 1 and 2 is reported. The Gilch dehydrohalogenation polycondensation and the Horner synthesis of strictly alternating copolymers have been used to prepare the copolymers 8-11 and 14, 16-18, respectively, in which the tunability of various optoelectonic properties may be examined systematically.

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