Effect of the End Groups and the Solvent on the Gelation of the Hybrid Materials from Poly (Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) and Oligo Phenylene Vinylene (OPV)

Abstract

The role of the end-groups of three oligophenylene vinylene (OPV) and the solvents on the hybrid materials from poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC) and the OPV are examined. The gelation of the three organogel OPVs and of the hybrid materials in bromobenzene and benzyl alcohol was characterized. The morphology, as well as the thermodynamic properties, of these OPV and hybrid materials showed that they depended mostly on the solvent and very little on the different end-groups located on the OPV backbones.