W. Wong, Li Liu, D. Cui
May 18, 2005
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Abstract
Several soluble and well-defined copolymers of 9,9-dihexyl-2,7-fluorene and 9-aryl-3,6-carbazole (aryl = phenyl, p-methylphenyl, p-methoxyphenyl) were prepared in good yields by Suzuki-type coupling polymerization of fluorene−diboronic ester with some 9-aryl-3,6-dibromocarbazole derivatives. These copolymers showed high glass transition temperatures, and their regiochemical structures and physical properties were studied by gel permeation chromatography, NMR, UV absorption, elemental analysis, thermogravimetry, photoluminescence, and quantum yield measurements. The influence of the carbazole core and its aryl substituent on the photophysical, electrochemical, and electroluminescent properties of these alternating fluorene/carbazole copolymers has been investigated. Both the absorption and photoluminescence peaks of these copolymers are blue-shifted relative to the poly(9,9-dihexylfluorene) homopolymer (PF-C6), and cyclic voltammetry showed that these copolymers have their HOMO energy levels raised relativ...