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Poly(3-nonylthiophene-co-methylthiophene)s: New soluble conductive copolymers

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New conductive soluble copolymers of 3-nonylthiophene (3NT) and 3-methylthiophene (3MT) were chemically synthetized using FeCl3 in chloroform solution as a catalyst at room temperature and a N2 atmosphere. The structural properties of the undoped and iodine doped 3NT-co-3MT have been studied by UV-Vis, FTIR, 1H- and 13C-NMR, GPC, DSC, TGA, WAXD, magnetic susceptibility and charge transfer measurements. The results show that copolymers (3NT-co-3MT) have a random arrangement. These copolymers have good thermal stability dependent on the 3NT. 3MT content and low magnetic susceptibility (typical for compounds of this class) which decreases with increasing temperature. The conductivity of the iodine doped copolymer (3NT-co-3MT) (measured in the dark at room temperature) increases distinctly in comparison to the undoped samples (2–8 × 10−9 Sm−1).

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Czerwinski, W., Kreja, L., Lindén, L.Å. et al. Poly(3-nonylthiophene-co-methylthiophene)s: New soluble conductive copolymers. Journal of Materials Science 34, 5633–5639 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004749520229

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