Synthesis and Characterization of Perfluorinated Arylenevinylene Polymers

Fully fluorinated arylenevinylene polymers have been synthesized via a methodology based on the Stille cross-coupling reaction and characterized by FTIR spectroscopy and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Investigation of thin film properties by cyclic voltammetry and ellipsometry shows that complete substitution of hydrogen atoms with fluorine atoms on the conjugated backbone of the poly(arylenevinylene) s results in a strong increase of the band gap.