ANYL 69 |
| Conductive polymer systems have been researched extensively for decades due to their unique optical and electronic properties. These valuable characteristics are dependent on the nature of polymer structure—such as regioregularity, or conjugation, and alterations such as doping and functionalization. The latter has only recently been investigated, and it is now clear that end-group and backbone modifications will play an important role in the development of conducting polymers with unique properties. Electropolymerized, electrochemically-modified, and chemically-formed poly(thiophenes) and poly(pyrroles) prepared under various synthetic conditions have been examined with MALDI-TOF-MS so as to garner an understanding of the impact of synthetic conditions on polymer molecular weight and dispersity, as well as end-group and backbone-group identity. UV-visible and NMR studies of these systems allow for correlation of polymer structure to polymer optical properties. |
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General Papers
7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Sunday, 10 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster
Division of Analytical Chemistry |