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@article{Cong:2020:10.1002/mabi.202000087,
author = {Cong, S and Creamer, A and Fei, Z and Hillman, SAJ and Rapley, C and Nelson, J and Heeney, M},
doi = {10.1002/mabi.202000087},
journal = {Macromolecular Bioscience},
pages = {1--8},
title = {Tunable control of the hydrophilicity and wettability of conjugated polymers by a postpolymerization modification approach.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202000087},
volume = {20},
year = {2020}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - A facile method to prepare hydrophilic polymers by a postpolymerization nucleophillic aromatic substitution reaction of fluoride on an emissive conjugated polymer (CP) backbone is reported. Quantitative functionalization by a series of monofunctionalized ethylene glycol oligomers, from dimer to hexamer, as well as with high molecular weight polyethylene glycol is demonstrated. The length of the ethylene glycol sidechains is shown to have a direct impact on the surface wettability of the polymer, as well as its solubility in polar solvents. However, the energetics and band gap of the CPs remain essentially constant. This method therefore allows an easy way to modulate the wettability and solubility of CP materials for a diverse series of applications.
AU - Cong,S
AU - Creamer,A
AU - Fei,Z
AU - Hillman,SAJ
AU - Rapley,C
AU - Nelson,J
AU - Heeney,M
DO - 10.1002/mabi.202000087
EP - 8
PY - 2020///
SN - 1616-5187
SP - 1
TI - Tunable control of the hydrophilicity and wettability of conjugated polymers by a postpolymerization modification approach.
T2 - Macromolecular Bioscience
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202000087
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32537851
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mabi.202000087
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/80493
VL - 20
ER -
Jenny Nelson
Professor of Physics
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South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ