Scott T. Iacono, Stephen M. Budy, Justin D. Moody, Rhett C. Smith, and Dennis W. Smith Jr. Clemson University, Department of Chemsitry and Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), Clemson, SC
Modular installation of chromophore segments within a hetero-conjugated difluorovinylene aryl ether polymer produced tailorable photoluminescence in both the solution and solid state for potential polymer light emitting diode (PLED) and chemical sensing applications. The facile, polymerization methodology afforded polymers that are solution processable and possess high thermal stability. Their synthesis, characterization, and optical properties will be discussed.