Abstract
A novel visible light induced step-growth polymerization to form poly(phenylene methylene) by electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions is described. The effect of different nucleophilic aromatic molecules on polymerization has been investigated. The possibility of combining step-growth polymerization with conventional free radical and free radical promoted cationic polymerizations through photoinduced chain-end activation has been demonstrated. Highly fluorescent fibers of the resulting block copolymers were obtained using the electrospinning technique. The versatile photoinduced step-growth polymerization process reported herein paves the way for a new generation of polycondensates and their combination with chain polymers that cannot be obtained by conventional methods.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5398-5401 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Chemical Communications |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 44 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 4 Jun 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2021.
Funding
The authors acknowledge the Istanbul Technical University Research Fund and TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey) Project no. 120C121.
Funders | Funder number |
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Istanbul Technical University Research Fund | |
TUBITAK | |
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu | 120C121 |