A PHOTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE)

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HOLDCROFT, S
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[1] Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
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10.1021/ma00017a017
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O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
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070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
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Poly(3-hexylthiophene) undergoes chain scission in organic solvents when irradiated with UV-vis light. Quantum yields of chain scission are dependent on the presence or absence of oxygen, the nature of the solvent, and the wavelength of incident light. Concurrent with photo chain scission is a photochemical 1,4 Diels-Alder addition of photosensitized singlet oxygen. The formation of photochemical residues in the main chain reduces the number of pi-electron-conjugated sequences and leads to quenching of the excited singlet state.
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