L. Carvalho, L. F. Santos, F. Guimarães
Mar 15, 2001
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Synthetic Metals
Abstract
This paper presents the synthesis of homo- and copolymers obtained from 1,4-bis(chloromethyl)-2-methoxy,5-(triethoxymethoxy)benzene (MEH-BCM) and 1,4-bis(chloromethyl)-2-methoxy,5-(2'-ethyl-hexiloxy)benzene (MTEM-BCM). While poly(p-phenylene vinylene) (PPV) derivatives are extensively used as active layers in light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs), copolymers are responsible for a considerable improvement of the performance of these devices Morphological and optical studies of PPV-derivatives and also of PPV derivatives,/poly(ethylene oxide)-salt blends films were carried out by atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique and by UV-Vis absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopy.