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Picket‐Fence Polythiophene and its Diblock Copolymers that Afford Microphase Separations Comprising a Stacked and an Isolated Polythiophene Ensemble
Author(s) -
Pan Chengjun,
Sugiyasu Kazunori,
Aimi Junko,
Sato Akira,
Takeuchi Masayuki
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201402813
Subject(s) - polythiophene , copolymer , materials science , stacking , polymer chemistry , block (permutation group theory) , condensation polymer , chemical engineering , polymer science , polymer , conductive polymer , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , geometry , mathematics , engineering
All‐polythiophene diblock copolymers, comprising one unsheathed block and one fenced block, were synthesized through catalyst‐transfer polycondensation. The unsheathed block self‐assembles through π‐π stacking, thereby inducing microphase separation. Consequently, we have succeeded in creating a microphase separation comprising an ensemble of stacked and isolated polythiophenes. This achievement could be extended to various unexplored applications as a result of the integration of the contrasting functions of the two blocks.