Development of metal-containing polymers for optoelectronic applications

Wai Kin Chan; Sijian Hou; Po King Ng; Chi Tak Wong; Sze Chit Yu

doi:10.1117/12.370310

12 November 1999 Development of metal-containing polymers for optoelectronic applications

Wai Kin Chan, Sijian Hou, Po King Ng, Chi Tak Wong, Sze Chit Yu

Proceedings Volume 3896, Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Photonic Devices; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.370310
Event: International Symposium on Photonics and Applications, 1999, Singapore, Singapore

Abstract

Most of the work in organic electroluminescent polymers has been focused on organic conjugated polymers. However, polymers attached with transition metal complex have received relatively less attention. We have synthesized and studied the light emitting properties of some metal containing polymers based on the polypyridine complexes of rhenium and ruthenium. These complexes exhibit long-lived excited states caused by the metal to ligand charge transfer transitions. By varying the structure of the ligand and/or the transition metal, we are able to fine-tune the electronic properties of the resulting metal complexes. We have synthesized a series of poly(phenylenevinylene) (PPV) derivatives which are functionalized with ruthenium polypyridine complexes at the polymer mainchain or side chain. These complexes are able to act as photosensitizers which enhance the photoconductivity of these polymers at longer wavelength. Both the conjugated backbone and the metal complex can emit light upon excitation. As a result, it is possible to tune the color by loading different amount of ruthenium complex to the polymer. Luminescence studies showed that the ruthenium complex could quench the emission of the conjugated backbone in some polymers, which suggests an energy transfer process between the backbone and the metal complexes. It was also found that the presence of metal complexes could enhance the charge carrier mobilities of the polymers, as the metal and/or ligands can act as extra charge carriers in the charge transport process.

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Wai Kin Chan, Sijian Hou, Po King Ng, Chi Tak Wong, and Sze Chit Yu "Development of metal-containing polymers for optoelectronic applications", Proc. SPIE 3896, Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Photonic Devices, (12 November 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.370310

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