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Addition of solubilizing side chains to “conducting” polymers
has created a myriad of new, processible polymers.
Keys to conducting polymer applications
:
Synthetic control and processibility
Examples:
a) Regioregular poly(3-hexyl
thiophene) or
r-P3HT
b) Poly(2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethylhexoxy)-
phenylene vinylene) or
2MehPPV
c) Polyaniline dodecylbenzene
sulfonate or
DBSA-PANI
N
H
N
H
N
H
N
H
b)
a)
S
S
S
S
S
S
c)
O
O
O
O
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Competing interactions and chemical incompatibilities
(i.e. polar
vs.
nonpolar) has given rise to new
structure/property relationships
.