title: A new cyanofluorene-triphenylamine copolymer: synthesis and photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer processes.
abstract: A new pi-conjugated copolymer, namely, poly{cyanofluore-alt-[5-(N,N'-diphenylamino)phenylenevinylene]} ((CNF-TPA)(n)), was synthesized by condensation polymerization of 2,2'-(9,9-dioctyl-9H-fluorene-2,7-diyl)diacetonitrile and 5-(N,N'-diphenylamino)benzene-1,3-dicarbaldehyde by using the Knoevenagel reaction. By design, diphenylamine, alkylfluorene and poly(p-phenylenevinylene) linkages were combined to form a (CNF-TPA)(n) copolymer which exhibits high thermal stability and glass-transition temperature. Photodynamic measurements in polar benzonitrile indicate fast and efficient photoinduced electron transfer ( approximately 10(11) s(-1)) from triphenylamine (TPA) to cyanofluorene (CNF) to produce the long-lived charge-separated state (90 mus). The finding that the charge-recombination process of (CNF(.-)-TPA(.+))(n) is much slower than the charge separation in polar benzonitrile suggests a potential application in molecular-level electronic and optoelectronic devices.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory For Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Mohamed E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: El-Khouly
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Supur
authors.forename: Lingling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Yongxi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shunichi
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authors.lastname: Fukuzumi