Volume 31, Issue 11 pp. 1404-1408
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Dithieno[a,e]pentalene Based Conjugated Polymers: Synthesis and Characterization

Chao Hu

Chao Hu

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

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Qing Zhang

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Qing Zhang

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China, Tel.: 0086-021-34202726; Fax: 0086-021-54741297Search for more papers by this author
First published: 02 October 2013
Citations: 9

Abstract

The concept of introducing π-conjugated but anti-aromatic repeating units into conjugated polymers has been explored. The thermal stability, optical and electrochemical properties of dithieno[a,e]pentalenes (DTP) based polymers have been studied. The effect of introducing electron withdrawing repeating units into DTP based polymer on the physical properties of polymer has also been investigated. The new polymers showed broad absorption in visible and near-infrared region.

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