Investigating new methods for the preparation of optoelectronically active materials is crucial for enabling multiple types of device constructs, including solar cells and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Currently, high performing organic semiconductors require costly synthetic, purification, and processing conditions limiting their commercial viability. In this presentation, new approaches to synthetic polymers containing tetraphenylethylene (TPE) to harness their aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties will be described. A key advantageous feature of this work is the use of metal-free polymerization techniques, which promotes the development sustainable reaction processes. A series of functional TPE monomers were developed and integrated into polymer backbones and their photoluminescence properties were studied as a function of backbone architecture and pendant group functionality.

Conjugated polymers with embedded aggregation-induced emitters

2019 Spring National Meeting

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