ELECTROCHEMICAL AND SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES OF POLY(3-METHOXYTHIOPHENE) ELECTROSYNTHESIZED IN AN AQUEOUS MICELLAR MEDIUM

Authors
FALL M AARON JJ SAKMECHE N DIENG MM JOUINI M AEIYACH S LACROIX JC LACAZE PC
Citation
M. Fall et al., ELECTROCHEMICAL AND SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES OF POLY(3-METHOXYTHIOPHENE) ELECTROSYNTHESIZED IN AN AQUEOUS MICELLAR MEDIUM, Synthetic metals, 93(3), 1998, pp. 175-179
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter","Material Science","Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Synthetic metals → ACNP
ISSN journal
03796779
Volume
93
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
175 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-6779(1998)93:3<175:EASPOP>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The electrosynthesis of poly (3-methoxythiophene) (PMOT) was performed on a Pt electrode in an aqueous micellar medium, containing sodium do decylsulfate (SDS) as surfactant. The resulting PMOT film is electroac tive and soluble in several organic solvents. It exhibits electrochemi cal and IR spectral properties typical of polythiophenes. Mass spectro metry (matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight or M ALDI-TOF) shows that the film is mainly constituted of hexamers. The P MOT UV-Vis absorption and fluorescence spectra reveal remarkably disti nct features relative to the monomer. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A. A ll rights reserved.