Substituted poly (p-phenylene) thin films via surface-initiated Kumada-type catalyst transfer polycondensation

N Marshall, SK Sontag, J Locklin

Index: Marshall, Nicholas; Sontag, S. Kyle; Locklin, Jason Macromolecules, 2010 , vol. 43, # 5 p. 2137 - 2144

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Abstract

Conjugated polymer films of unsubstituted and alkoxy-substituted poly (p-phenylene) have been prepared via a Kumada-type catalyst-transfer polycondensation in a grafting-from configuration. A surface-bound external initiator was formed by reacting a Ni (0) complex with a thienyl bromide monolayer, and this surface-bound initiator was used to polymerize several Grignard monomers prepared from the corresponding 1, 4-dihalobenzenes ...