Synthesis and Persistence Length Study of Defect-Free and Non-Aggregated Conjugated Ladder Polymers.

ABSTRACT: A fundamental understanding of the solution properties of conjugated ladder polymers (CLPs) is essential for advancing their design, synthesis, and solution processing toward high-performance optoelectronic applications. Nevertheless, elucidating the solution conformation of CLPs remains a significant challenge in the field of polymer physics, owing to the difficulty of synthesizing defect-free samples, their intrinsically low solubility that results in weak signals and limited analytical accuracy, the pronounced tendency of CLPs to aggregate even when dissolved, and the absence of reliable theoretical models. Here, these fundamental challenges are addressed by the synthesis, neutron scattering measurements, and computational simulations of two model CLPs, LP1 and LP2. Owing

SUBMITTER: Yang JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12728607 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature