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Luminescent and Redox Probes of Structure and Dynamics in Quaternized Poly( 4-vinylpyridine) Films on Electrodes

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Authors

Oh, Seung-Mo; Faulkner, Larry R.

Issue Date
1989-07
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Citation
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1989, 111, 5613
Abstract
The properties of partially quaternized poly(4-vinylpyridine) films have been studied by coordinatively attaching
luminescent and redox probes to free pyridine units within the polymer. Samples were examined as thin films spin coated
onto glass or electrodes. The luminescent moiety was Re(CO),(phen) (phen = 1 ,lo-phenanthroline). It showed properties
that depended strongly on the identity of the anion in the supporting electrolyte adjacent to the film. The emission maximum
shifted to the red, and the quantum yield decreased in the order dry film > 0.1 M NaC104 > 0.1 M potassium p-toluenesulfonate
> 0.1 M KNO,. The isotope effect caused by changing the solvent from H20 to D20 fell in the reverse order. The results
show that the anion has a large impact on film structure. In nitrate the films are strongly hydrated, but in perchlorate they
are dry and compact. The redox moiety was Ru(bpy),Cl2'/'+. The activation energies for electron diffusion in the network
of redox centers were assessed by temperature-resolved chronocoulometry. The activation energies were independent of the
concentration of redox centers in the film but were ordered according to electrolyte as given above. They were roughly linearly
dependent on the degree of chemical cross-linking. The permeabilities of the films to redox-active ions in solution were larger
than the electron diffusion coefficients by an order of magnitude but were strongly dependent on the anion of the supporting
electrolyte, inversely in the order given above. The results suggest that electron diffusion is controlled by segmental motions
within the polymer and that the anion dependence is a structural effect.
ISSN
0002-7863 (print)
1520-5126 (online)
Language
English
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/5635
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00197a017

https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00197a017
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