Synthesis and characterization of ferroelectric block copolymers containing oligoanilines

POLY 585

Siwei Liang, szl138@psu.edu1, Qing Wang, wang@matse.psu.edu2, and Jason Claude2. (1) Material Sciences and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, Steidle Building, Room # 311, State College, PA 16803, (2) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, Room 305, Steidle Building, University Park, PA 16802
We report the synthesis and characterization of novel branched block copolymers containing ferroelectric polymers and oligoanilne segments. The block copolymer was synthesized via condensation reaction of telechelic fluorinated polymers with carboxylic acid terminal groups and NH-protected aniline octamer. The prepared structures have been fully characterized by NMR, FTIR, UV-Vis and GPC. Interesting dielectric properties have been revealed in our preliminary studies. These materials are appealing for electrical energy storage and electromechanical applications.
 

General Papers: New Concepts, Polymer Synthesis, Polymer Characterization, Nanomaterials, Functional Materials
8:30 AM-11:30 AM, Thursday, August 21, 2008 Sheraton Philadelphia City Center -- Salon 3/4, Oral

Division of Polymer Chemistry

The 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 17-21, 2008