P. Martinez-ruiz et al., Tuning of photo- and electroluminescence of new soluble, PPV-analogous short-chain compounds with naphthalene moieties, CHEM-EUR J, 6(8), 2000, pp. 1294-1301
A series of oligomers analogous to poly(p-phenylenevinylene) (PPV), combini
ng naphthalene and benzene as aromatic units, have been synthesized by a Kn
oevenagel reaction. By measuring UV/Vis spectra, photoluminescence (PL) and
electroluminescence (EL), we studied the influence of the position of the
naphthalene unit as well as the steric and electronic influences of cyano a
nd alkyloxy substituents on the luminescent properties of these compounds.