Electrosynthesis and characterisation of poly(paraphenylene vinylene C-60) films



: Kvarnstrom C, Kulovaara H, Damlin P, Ivaska A

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA

: 2003

Synthetic Metals

SYNTHETIC METALS

: SYNTHETIC MET

: 135

: 1-3

: 783

: 784

: 2

: 0379-6779

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0379-6779(02)00857-3


The electrochemical reductive polymerization of a co-polymer of phenylene vinylene units and C-60 was studied. The fullerene is introduced into the polymer synthesis as a film on the electrode substrate. During reduction the film is dissolved and the reduced fullerene species interact with the PPV precursor in solution and as a result a film is formed on the substrate. The coupling reaction between the reduced species should lead to a material where the fullerene units are incorporated into the main polymer chain. The films are characterised by cyclic voltammetry and by FTIR and Raman spectroscopy.



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