Poly(p‐phenylenevinylene), PPV, is one of the most promising candidates among the conjugated polymers for use in all‐optical signal processing or as the active layer in light emitting diodes. Here, a low‐temperature route to PPV is reported which makes the synthesis compatible with many of the thermoplastic polymers used in microelectronics and optics. The applicability of this route to device fabrication is also addressed.
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Present address: BASF AG, D-67056 Ludwigshafen, FRGThe synthesis and the optical properties of the novel polymer polyphenothiazinobisthiazole (PPT) are described. The design of this polymer was planned taking into consideration several aspects that were anticipated to lead to a material with an enhanced nonlinear optical susceptibility Monomer 16 was prepared in a five-step synthesis starting from N-dodecyl-3,7-diaminophenothiazin (11). 16 was reacted with terephthaloyl chloride to yield the precursor polyamide 17.This precursor polyamide was subjected to a thermal cyclization at 300 OC under vacuum leading to the title polymer PPT (18).PPT shows UVIvis absorption maxima at 1 =282 nm,305 nm and 463 nm.The macroscopic nonlinear optical suscepti-bility~'~)(-3w; w, w, w ) of a thin film ofPPTwas determined with a third harmonic generation (THG) technique at a fundamental laser wavelength 1,. = 1064 nm. The results show that PPT exhibits nonlinear optical properties comparable to those of poly-p-phenylenevinylene (PPV).
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