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FUNCTIONAL POLYMER LABORATORY

 

POLYMER PICTURES

Dissolution of an organometallic conjugated polymer in styrene, shown under illumination with UV-light.

The dissolution of the originally cross-linked photoluminescent polymer demonstrates the reversibility of the ligand-exchange reaction that was employed to create the metallic cross-links between conjugated macromolecules.

Such cross-links significantly improve the charge transport characteristics of these semiconducting materials.

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Picture: Akshay Kokil.