The incorporation of donor/acceptor moieties into poly(p-phenyleneviny
lene) has been accomplished by a simple cation-anion coupling reaction
. The reaction was used to create a series of oligomers, which were th
en investigated by dielectric spectroscopy in order to study strong di
pole moments along the conjugated chain. The information obtained by t
his method should elucidate cooperative dipole-dipole interactions and
help to improve the poling stability of polymers in nonlinear optical
devices.