| Title | Conjugated Polymer Liquid Crystal Solutions: Control of Conformation and Alignment. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | Zhu, Z, Swager, TM |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 124 |
| Pagination | 9670–9671 |
| ISSN | 0002-7863 |
| Keywords | alignment conformation conjugated polymer control soln liq crystal, fluorescence transport conjugated polymer soln liq crystal, hexylcyclohexyl isothiocyanatobenzene nematic liq crystal solvent conjugated polymer, phenylene ethynylene conjugated polymer triptycene group prepn soly, polyphenylene polyacetylene triptycene group prepn dissoln liq crystal |
| Abstract | Fluorescent poly(phenylene vinylene)s and poly(phenylene ethynylene)s contg. rigid triptycene groups were prepd. using Suzuki and Sonogashira protocols. The triptycene groups impart extraordinary soly. to conjugated polymers even in the absence of flexible side chains; addnl. t-Bu groups were introduced, which were found to further enhance soly. Stable solns. of poly(phenylene vinylene)s and poly(phenylene ethynylene)s in nematic liq. crystal 1-(trans-4-hexylcyclohexyl)-4-isothiocyanatobenzene (6CHBT |
| DOI | 10.1021/ja0266868 |