SYNTHESIS, ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL POLY[2-(2-ETHYL-HEXYLOXY)-1,4-PHENYLENEVINYLENE]

Abstract

Branched monoalkoxy-substituted poly[2-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (EH-PPV) was prepared in thin films via the water-soluble precursor technique and solution elimination method. These precursor polymer films could be stretched up to 8 times, and the drawn films of the EH-PPV could be doped with I-2 and FeCl3, to give conductivities of 5.28 x 10(-3) and 0.56 S/cm, respectively. The third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility of the polymer was determined by using third harmonic generation (THG) method at 1907 nm, fundamental wavelength. Measured chi((3))(-3 omega; omega,omega,omega) value was 3.8 x 10(-12) esu. The maximum emission wavelength of EH-PPV film in photoluminescence spectrum was 560 nm, corresponding to the yellowish red color.