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
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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