Living Catalysts for Cyclohexdiene Polymerization.
Abstract
ROMP polymerization has become an important method for the preparation of polyphenylenevinylenes and polynaphthylenevinylene. The new route allows the band gap and processing properties of the polymers to be varied by the use of side chains and functional groups. These materials are being used to fabricate electroluminescent devices with tunable colors. New techniques have been developed for the synthesis of the starting barrelenes and benzobarrelenes. These synthesis start from the ICI diol system that was used in the preparation of polyparaphenylene. A key to these developments is the availability of well defined catalysts, considerable effort has been devoted to the design and synthesis of new complexes that will catalyze the ROMP polymerization reaction and to develop new procedures which will control the molecular weight and livingness of those systems know. The students involved in this work have gained experience in polymer synthesis, catalyst development and the fabrication of devices.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA326125
Entities
People
- Robert H. Grubbs
Organizations
- California Institute of Technology