Abstract
A series of poly(diethylhexyloxy-p-phenylenevinylene-b-methyl methacrylate) (DEH-PPV-b-PMMA) polymers with narrow polydispersity (PDI < 1.1) were synthesized using Siegrist polycondensation and anionic polymerizations followed by “click” chemistry. Alkyne-terminated DEH-PPV and azido-terminated PMMA were synthesized first, and then the two functionalized polymers underwent 1,3-cycloaddition reaction to obtain copolymers. Both the conversion of the end-functionalization of the homopolymers and the yield of the “click” reaction were higher than 98% as determined by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) studies reveal the details of copolymer morphology. The DEH-PPV-b-PMMA system presented here has higher block segregation strength than many previously studied rod−coil block copolymers yet still shows experimentally accessible phase transitions with respect to temperature. As a result, thi...
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