Advancing the Solid State Properties of Metallo-Supramolecular Materials: Poly(e-caprolactone) Modified p-Conjugated Bis(terpyridine)s and their Zn(II) Based Metallo-Polymers

Winter, Andreas; Friebe, Christian; Hager, Martin D.; Schubert, Ulrich S.

Abstract:

A set of rigid p-conjugated bis(terpyridine) macroligands with poly(e-caprolactone) (pCL) on their side chains was synthesized and investigated. The introduced pCL chains gave rise to enhanced processability and film-forming properties of the materials. Blue photoluminescence with high quantum yields was observed in dilute solution and in the solid state, indicating that intermolecular aggregation of the p-conjugated systems was effectively suppressed. The macroligands were further used for coordination with zinc( II) ions leading to newmetallo-polymers with high solubility, improved filmforming behavior and promising photophysical properties with respect to potential OLED applications.

Year:

2008

Type of Publication:

Article

Journal:

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volume:

29

Pages:

1679 - 1686