The synthesis and physical characterization of various poly(1,4-phenylene vinylene) (PPVs) derivatives with electron withdrawing substituents on the phenyl rings and some additional PPV analogues are described. The synthetic routes used were a variation on the Wessling route to PPV which involves a processible precursor polymer. All polymers were characterized by IR, UV and elemental analysis. The effect of substitution on the phenyl ring and solvent effects on polymerization were also discussed. Para-xylylenes were generated by treatment of various 1,4-bis(dialkylsulfoniomethyl) arene dihalides in different solvents and detected by UV-VIS spectroscopy. The utility of studying the UV-VIS spectral behavior of para-xylylenes and analogues in the Wessling polyelectrolyte precursor process for synthesis of poly(arylene vinylene)s is demonstrated by several examples. Electronic spectral properties such as UV-VIS absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopy of PPV derivatives and analogues were investigated.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UMASS/oai:scholarworks.umass.edu:dissertations-8890 |
| Date | 01 January 1994 |
| Creators | Sarker, Ananda Mohan |
| Publisher | ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst |
| Source Sets | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest |
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