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Synfacts 2006(11): 1125-1125  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-949465
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Chain Growth of Polymers with Fluorescent Main-Chain Units

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager
H. Mori*, S. Masuda, T. Endo*
Yamagata University, Japan
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Publication Date:
24 October 2006 (online)

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Significance

There are few chain-growth polymerizations that directly place electronic elements into the backbone. This polymerization can be conducted under radical conditions and the authors have skillfully shown molecular-weight control with polydispersity indexes ranging from 1.14-1.66 using what is known as a RAFT (reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer) polymerization. The polymers are fluorescent and have potential applications in emerging electronic polymer technologies.