Optical, Electrochemical, Magnetic, and Conductive Properties of New Polyindolocarbazoles and Polydiindolocarbazoles

Autor: Barbara Vercelli, Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault, Mario Leclerc, Gianni Zotti, Salem Wakim, Alexandre Michaud, Nicolas Blouin, Sandro Zecchin
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 207:166-174
ISSN: 1521-3935
1022-1352
Popis: New polyindolocarbazoles (PIC) and polydiindolocarbazoles (PDIC) have been synthesized using Yamamoto polymerization reaction. These polymers have been investigated by cyclic voltammetry, UV-Vis-NIR spectroelectro-chemistry, electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance, in situ electron spin resonance, and in situ conductivity techniques. Two redox oxidation processes, each involving one electron per repeat unit, produce radical cations (free or π-dimerized) and dications. Each one-electron redox process is generally split into two due to the stabilization of mixed-valence states. The oxidative charge is delocalized over the polyconjugated backbone with neutral-polaron conductivities in the range 0.002-0.04 S .cm -1 and polaron-bipolaron conductivities in the range 0.04-0.5 S .cm -1 . Conductivities are higher when nitrogen atoms are involved in the conjugation pathway.
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