Conjugated organic polymers are a promising class of materials with a wide range of applications. Conjugated polymers, such as poly(phenylenevinylene)s, are typically synthesized by solution-based chemistry.Here we report the synthesis of conjugated organic polymers by a mechanochemical method, namely ball milling. Poly(phenylenevinylene)s were prepared by solid state polymerization. The polymers were characterized by NMR, GPC, IR and UV-Vis. Moreover, the scope and generality of the solid state ball mill polymerization were examined by utilizing monomers incompatible with solution-based polymerization.

Ball-Milling, a method for solid state polymerization

245th National Meeting (2013)

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