Monodisperse conjugated polymer particles by Suzuki–Miyaura dispersion polymerization

Alexander J.C. Kuehne (), Malte C. Gather and Joris Sprakel
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Alexander J.C. Kuehne: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Malte C. Gather: Harvard Medical School and Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Joris Sprakel: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

Nature Communications, 2012, vol. 3, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract The self-assembly of colloidal building blocks into complex and hierarchical structures offers a versatile and powerful toolbox for the creation of new photonic and optoelectronic materials. However, well-defined and monodisperse colloids of semiconducting polymers, which would form excellent building blocks for such self-assembled materials, are not readily available. Here we report the first demonstration of a Suzuki–Miyaura dispersion polymerization; this method produces highly monodisperse submicrometer particles of a variety of semiconducting polymers. Moreover, we show that these monodisperse particles readily self-assemble into photonic crystals that exhibit a pronounced photonic stopgap.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2085

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