Blue light-emitting polyalkylfluorene copolymers for LEDs

  • Hwang, Do-Hoon (Dept. of Applied Chemistry, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Park, Moo-Jin (Dept. of Applied Chemistry, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Kim, Suk-Kyung (Dept. of Applied Chemistry, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Lee, Ji-Hoon (Electronic Materials Lab. Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology) ;
  • Lee, Chang-Hee (Department of Physics, Inha University) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Bae (Liquid Crystal Research Center, Department of Chemistry, Kon-Kuk University)
  • Published : 2003.07.09

Abstract

Blue light-emitting polyfluorene derivatives, poly[9,9-bis(4'-n-octyloxyphenyl) fluorene] (PBOPF), poly[9,9-bis(2'-ethylhexyl)]fluorene (PBEHF) and copolymers of PBOPF and PBEHF were synthesized through Ni(0) mediated polymerization and their light-emitting properties were investigated. The PBEHF thin film showed significant excimer band in PL spectra after thermal annealing at 100 $^{\circ}C$ for 2h. But no significant excimer emission was observed in the PL spectra of the PBOPF and the copolymers even after thermal annealing suggesting that BOPF unit effectively suppressed the excimer emission.

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