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Rigidification of Poly(p-phenylene)s through ortho-Phenyl Substitution

[Image: see text] A sterically π-congested ortho-phenylated poly(p-phenylene) (PPP) has been synthesized with unprecedentedly high molecular weights up to 29 kDa after fractionation, as confirmed by gel permeation chromatography coupled with a multiangle laser light scattering detector. The chain tr...

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Autores principales: Baun, Anna, Wang, Zuyuan, Morsbach, Svenja, Qiu, Zijie, Narita, Akimitsu, Fytas, George, Müllen, Klaus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2020
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32742022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00810
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Sumario:[Image: see text] A sterically π-congested ortho-phenylated poly(p-phenylene) (PPP) has been synthesized with unprecedentedly high molecular weights up to 29 kDa after fractionation, as confirmed by gel permeation chromatography coupled with a multiangle laser light scattering detector. The chain translation diffusion coefficient obtained from dynamic light scattering experiments displayed strong scaling (∼L(w)(–0.8)) to the chain contour length, indicating a rodlike shape with remarkably high rigidity of this novel PPP. These results provide an interesting insight into the relationship between the structure and the chain stiffness of PPP-based polymers and challenge the validity of the existing diffusion models in polymer physics.