Development of New Blue-Light Emitting PPV Block Copolymer: Synthesis, Characterization and Electro-Optical Studies

New soluble intense blue light emitting bulky ring substituted segmented PPV block copolymer was synthesized by synthesized by using Horner-Emmons condensation polymerization. Rigid cyclohexyl methoxy group substituted distyrylbenzene unit was the chromophore group present in the synthesized segmented block copolymer. The obtained copolymer was dissolved in all common organic solvents. The structure of the copolymer was characterized by using FT-IR, NMR techniques, and elemental analysis. GPC analysis shows that the copolymer has narrow polydispersity index. Thermal gravimetric analysis shows it has excellent thermal stability with maximum decomposition temperature obtained as 422°C. The HOMO and LUMO values of copolymer were estimated from the cyclic voltammograms. Photoluminescence studies show that copolymer gives blue emission. XRD and DSC studies give information about the semi-crystalline nature of the present copolymer. Overall results such as thermal properties, photoluminescence characteristics and low onset voltage from Voltage vs. Current data are confirmed the suitability of the copolymer for fabricating PLEDs.