Controlled synthesis of conjugated random copolymers in a droplet-based microreactor Academic Article

abstract

• The Royal Society of Chemistry 2015. We report the highly controlled synthesis of conjugated random copolymers in a droplet-based microfluidic reactor. Using two optically distinct polymers, poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and poly(3-hexylselenophene) (P3HS), a series of highly regioregular random copolymers is generated with physical properties intermediate to those of the parent homopolymers. Analysis by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy reveals the co-polymerisation process to follow ideal Bernoullian behavior.

authors

• Al-Hashimi (FRSC), Mohammed

published proceedings

• MATERIALS HORIZONS

altmetric score

• 2.5

author list (cited authors)

• Bannock, J. H., Al-Hashimi, M., Krishnadasan, S. H., Halls, J., Heeney, M., & de Mello, J. C.

citation count

• 22

complete list of authors

• Bannock, James H||Al-Hashimi, Mohammed||Krishnadasan, Siva H||Halls, Jonathan JM||Heeney, Martin||de Mello, John C

publication date

• March 2014

publisher

• Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)  Publisher

published in

• Materials horizons  Journal

keywords

• 34 Chemical Sciences
• 3403 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry
• 40 Engineering
• 4016 Materials Engineering

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1039/c3mh00066d

start page

• 214

end page

• 218

volume

• 1

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3mh00066d