Conducting Polymers

Macromonomers are usually referred to reactive oligomers or polymers in which a polymerizable functional group is incorporated to the chain end(s). Macromonomers can conveniently be copolymerized with conventional monomers to yield graft copolymers with well defined structures. Structure of the polymer chain of the macromonomer affects the properties of the graft copolymer while the end group controls the reactivity in polymerization. Macromonomers possessing one or two electroactive groups at the chain end(s) are usually prepared by using functional initators or by end capping the living growing chains.

In this research, reactive intermediates based on monomeric and polymeric structures with thiophene moieties were synthesized and possibility of their use in electropolymerization through thiophene groups was attempted.