TY - T1 - Conjugated Main Chain Azo-Polymers Based on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/319903 T3 - A1 - Wiktorowicz, Szymon; Damlin, Pia; Salomäki, Mikko; Kvarnström, Carita; Tenhu, Heikki; Aseyev, Vladimir A2 - PB - Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - A reductive coupling reaction employing sodium bis(2-methoxyethoxy) aluminum hydride is used to prepare main chain azo-polymers comprising of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (naphthalene, anthraquinone, or fluorenone) from their dinitro-derivatives. The azo-bridges act as effective means of conjugation and all polymers exhibit differences in the ultra-violet-visible light absorption and photoluminescence emission spectra depending on the degree of polymerization. Furthermore, in the case of pol... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - azo polymers; conjugated polymers; polyaromatics; step-growth polymerization; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; REDUCTION; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY; POLYCONDENSATION; POLYACETYLENE; FLUORESCENT; 116 Chemical sciences N1 - PP - ER -