Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1993, 58, 2337-2348
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19932337

Poly(methyl-phenylsilylene) Derivatives as Photoconductors

Ivan Kmíneka, Stanislav Nešpůreka, Eduard Bryndaa, Jiří Pflegera, Věra Cimrováa and Wolfram Schnabelb

a Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 162 06 Prague, Czech Republic
b Hahn-Meitner-Institut GmbH, Bereich S3, Glienicker Strasse 100, D-1000 Berlin 39, Germany

Abstract

The attachment of long wavelength absorbing π-conjugated chromophores to poly(methyl-phenylsilylene) (PMPSi) via reactions of its formylated derivative is described. Some of the obtained polymers exhibit improved photostability in comparison with the parent polymer. Their spectral properties and photoconductivity are discussed. Ultrathin layers and multilayers were prepared from polar derivatives of PMPSi by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique and their photoconductive behaviour was studied.