STRUCTURE AND ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES OF CHEMICALLY-MODIFIED POLY(3-ALKYLTHIOPHENES)

Authors
KREJA L CZERWINSKI W KURZAWA J KURZAWA M
Citation
L. Kreja et al., STRUCTURE AND ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES OF CHEMICALLY-MODIFIED POLY(3-ALKYLTHIOPHENES), Synthetic metals, 72(2), 1995, pp. 153-158
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter","Metallurgy & Metallurigical Engineering
Journal title
Synthetic metals → ACNP
ISSN journal
03796779
Volume
72
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
153 - 158
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-6779(1995)72:2<153:SAEOCP>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The aim of this work was to determine the effects of substituting the thiophene aromatic hydrogen atom in the 4-position in poly(3-alkylthio phene) (P3AT) by a nitro group (-NO2), or by a chlorine atom (-Cl) in a highly dispersed state of polymer. The feature of such substituted p olymers is lower conductivity in comparison with the initial polymer. Modified P3ATs remain semiconducting in character. The nitration and c hlorination of P3ATs take place mainly in the 4-position of the thioph ene ring. The rates of both processes increase with an increase in the chain length of the alkyl side group.