Jk. Politis et al., SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CONJUGATED, N-DOPABLE, BITHIAZOLE-CONTAINING POLYMERS, Chemistry of materials, 10(6), 1998, pp. 1713-1719
Three polymers, (4,4'-dinonyl-5,5'-bithiazole-2,2'-diyl-co-5-tert- but
ylphenylene-1,3-diyl) (PBBNBT), 4'-bis(p-dodecylphenyl)-2,2'-bithiazol
e-5,5'-diyl) (PDPBT), and 4,4'dinonyl-2,2'-bithiazole-5,5'-diyl-co-eth
ylene) (PENBT), have been synthesized. These polymers illustrate the a
bility to tune polymer properties around a specific chromophore, in th
is case the bithiazole ring system. Alterations of optical properties
and solid-state morphology have been made while lie electrochemical be
havior characteristic of the bithiazoles, i.e., reversible reduction n
ear -2.0 V and n-dopability resulting in conductivities around 10(2) S
/cm, has been maintained. All three polymers have also been used as th
e emitting layer in polymer-based LEDs.