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On the Origin of Color Degradation in Polyfluorenes–Block Copolymer Approach for Stable Blue Light Emission

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Spectroscopic studies on a series of rod-coil block copolymers with terfluorene as the rigid segment demonstrate that the main cause of color instability in fluorene oligomers and polymers is aggregate and/or excimer formation and not the presence of keto defects alone (fluorenone formation) along the molecular chain. Keto defects when are present contribute to the appearance of the undesirable ‘green’ emission band but are not the leading cause of color instability. Thus, the synthesis of materials where aggregation and/or inter-chain, inter-segment interactions are inhibited is the key approach for the production of stable polymeric light-emitting devices (PLED’s). The potential of this method is verified by the synthesis of photo-oxidative stable fluorene/styrene diblock copolymer blue emitters.

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  1. Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Institute of Chemical Engineering and High Temperature Processes (FORTH-ICEHT), P.O. Box 1414, Patras, 26500, Greece

    Christos L. Chochos, Joannis K. Kallitsis & Vasilis G. Gregoriou

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, 26500, Greece

    Christos L. Chochos & Joannis K. Kallitsis

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Chochos, C.L., Kallitsis, J.K. & Gregoriou, V.G. On the Origin of Color Degradation in Polyfluorenes–Block Copolymer Approach for Stable Blue Light Emission. MRS Online Proceedings Library 856, 29 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-856-BB2.9

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