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Polyfluorene (PFO) is a light-emitting polymer due to its electroluminescence.
The building block of the polymere is the fluorene unit. Polyfluorenes are electroactive and photoactive materials with exceptional electrooptical characteristics which are used for the production of light-emitting diodes. Polyfluorenes can emit colors over the whole visible range.
The first blue light emitting polymerdiode was produced with a substituted polyfluorene (poly(9,9-dihexylfluorene)).
An interesting use of Polyfluorene, together with lasers, provides a valuable explosives detection technology. Please see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10257425.stm for details.
References
- Mario Lecler (2001). "Polyfluorenes: Twenty years of progress". Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry. 39 (17): 2867–2873. doi:10.1002/pola.1266.
- Yutaka Ohmori, Masao Uchida, Keiro Muro and Katsumi Yoshino (1991). "Blue Electroluminescent Diodes Utilizing Poly(alkylfluorene)". Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 30: L1941 – L1943. doi:10.1143/JJAP.30.L1941.
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- Bernius MT, Inbasekaran M, O'Brien J (2000). "Progress with Light-Emitting Polymers". Advanced Materials. 12 (23): 1737–1750. doi:10.1002/1521-4095(200012)12:23<1737::AID-ADMA1737>3.0.CO;2-N.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Andrew C. Grimsdale and Klaus Müllen (2006). "Polyphenylene-type emissive materials: Poly(para-phenylene)s, polyfluorenes, and ladder polymers". Emissive Materials Nanomaterials. 199: 1–82. doi:10.1007/11611967.
- D. Y. Kim, H. N. Cho and C. Y. Kim (2000). "Blue light emitting polymers". Progress in Polymer Science. 25 (8): 1089–1139. doi:10.1016/S0079-6700(00)00034-4.
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