Synthesis and optical properties of copolymers containing carbazole and 1,3,4-oxadiazole groups as blue host matrix and charge transport materials for polymer light emitting devices

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Abstract

Alternating copolymers with N-arylcarbazole as hole injection and transport moieties with blue emission and 1,3,4-oxadiazole as electron transporting and hole blocking moieties were synthesized by Pd-catalyzed polycondensation reaction, and named as poly[N-(4-aminophenyl)-carbazole-alt-N-(2-ethylhexyl)-3, 6-carbazole] (P1), poly[N-(4-aminophenyl)-carbazole-alt-2,5-bis(4-phenyl)-1,3,4- oxadiazole] (P2) and poly[N-(4-aminophenyl)-carbazole-alt-2,5-bis(4- methylenephenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole] (P3). It was observed that UV-Vis absorption spectra showed two main peaks at 290295 and 310380 nm and maximum photoluminescence peaks of the polymers were all in the range of blue light emission from 418 to 453nm. It appeared that optical and electrochemical properties of polymers such as HOMO, LUMO levels and band gap energy could be fine tuned by chemical modification of polymer structures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3/[285]-13/[295]
JournalMolecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
Volume463
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2006

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Keywords: 1,3,4-oxadiazole; blue emission; charge transport; N-arylcarbazole; palladium-catalyzed polycondensation This research was supported in part by Daegu University Research Grant, 2006. Address correspondence to Younghwan Kwon, Department of Chemical Engineering, Daegu University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 712-714, Korea. E-mail: [email protected]

Keywords

  • 1,3,4-oxadiazole
  • Blue emission
  • Charge transport
  • N-arylcarbazole
  • Palladium-catalyzed polycondensation

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