Crystalline-crystalline block copolymers of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) and polyethylene by ring-opening metathesis polymerization

J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Sep 14;127(36):12502-3. doi: 10.1021/ja054698y.

Abstract

Block copolymers of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and polyethylene (PE) were synthesized through the chain transfer of olefin-terminated P3HT in the presence of cyclooctene via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). Subsequent hydrogenation of the poly(cyclooctene) block yielded high molecular weight, crystalline-crystalline P3HT-PE block copolymers, which are thermally stable and resistant to solvents under ambient conditions. These copolymers were characterized by 1H NMR, DSC, and WAXS and represent the first materials of a class of crystalline-crystalline semiconducting-insulating block copolymers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Calorimetry, Differential Scanning
  • Crystallization
  • Molecular Structure
  • Polyethylene / chemical synthesis*
  • Polyethylene / chemistry
  • Temperature
  • Thiophenes / chemical synthesis*
  • Thiophenes / chemistry
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Thiophenes
  • poly(3-hexylthiophene)
  • Polyethylene