title: Self-assembling poly(dioxaborole)s as blue-emissive materials.
abstract: Conjugated, borole-linked polymers have been self-assembled based on boronate ester formation between a fluorene-2,7-diboronic acid and 1,2,4,5-tetrahydroxybenzene. Readily soluble polymers with molecular weights approaching 60 000 have been generated with materials exhibiting extended conjugation over approximately 3-5 borole linkages. Emission from these polymers reaches into the visible (blue) range, representing a novel class of blue-emitting materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 631 Sumter Street, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Weijun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lavigne
mesh_terms: D001881:Borates / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D001897:Boronic Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001881:Borates; D001897:Boronic Acids; D011108:Polymers; C516858:poly(dioxaborole)