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Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol.47, No.23, 6451-6462, 2009
Hyperbranched Framework of Interrupted pi-Conjugated Polymers End-Capped with High Carrier-Mobility Moieties for Stable Light-Emitting Materials with Low Driving Voltage
A novel series of soluble hyperbranched interrupted pi-conjugated polymers (HICPs) based on complicated 9,9-diarylfluorenes (CDAFs) branching core and end-capped with high carrier-mobility pyrene moieties were synthesized via the "A(2) + A'(2) + B-3" type Suzuki coupling condensation. The new polymer architecture improves the spectrum stability than the corresponding linear and hyperbranched polymers in PLEDs. Besides, it overcomes the drawback of high driving voltage of common interrupted pi-conjugated polymers. CDAF1 exhibits excellent thermal and morphological stability with a decomposition temperature (T-d) higher than 445 degrees C and a glass transition temperature (T-g) up to 128 degrees C. No obvious low-energy green emission band at 520 nm was observed under extreme thermal annealing conditions in air at 200 degrees C for 12 h. The CDAF1 device shows stable blue emission with the peak at 422 and 447 nm. The Commission International d'Eclairage (CIE) 1931 coordinates is (0.18, 0.16) and the brightness reaches 1051 cd/m(2) at 15.7 V. White PLED based on CDAF1/MEH-PPV blends exhibits a low turn-on voltage of 4.8 V with voltage-independent CIE of (0.32, 0.32). Molecular simulations were used to investigate the conformation and interchain interaction. HICPs based on CDAFs tethered with high-mobility moieties are promising stable blue and host materials. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 47: 6451-6462, 2009