Surface-initiated Kumada catalyst-transfer polycondensation of poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) from organosilica particles: chain-confinement promoted beta-phase formation.

Authors :: Tkachov R
Senkovskyy V
Horecha M
Oertel U
Stamm M
Kiriy A
Source :: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) [Chem Commun (Camb)] 2010 Mar 07; Vol. 46 (9), pp. 1425-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Dec 23.
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: Surface-initiated Kumada catalyst-transfer polycondensation of poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) (PFO) was performed from organosilica microparticles that resulted in PFO brushes with densely grafted PFO chains with a significantly enhanced propensity to adopt planar and ordered conformations (beta-phase).

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