Synthesis, processing, and third‐order nonlinear optical properties of benzobisthiazole polymers containing thiophene moieties

Abstract

Benzobisthiazole polymers containing mono‐, bi‐, and terthiophene moieties were synthesized through polycondensation in polyphosphoric acid of 2,5‐diamino‐1,4‐benzenedithiol dihydrochloride with thiophene‐2,5‐dicarboxylic acid, 2,2′‐bithiophene‐5,5′‐dicarboxylic acid, and 2,2′:5′,2″‐terthlophene‐5,5″‐dicarboxylic acid, or their corresponding diacid chlorides, respectively. Intrinsic viscosities of up to 8.1 dL/g (methanesulfonic acid, 30°C) were recorded. Polymer structures were verified by elemental analysis and spectroscopic comparison of the polymers with appropriate model compounds. Onset of breakdown under thermogravimetric analysis in air occurred in the 460–590°C range with the benzobisthiazole polymers containing a monothiophene linkage being the most stable. Films suitable for third‐order optical susceptibility measurements could be prepared by extrusion techniques from the benzobisthiazole polymer containing a monothiophene linkage. Degenerate four wave mixing measurements on this film yielded a third order optical susceptibility χ(3) of approximately 4.5 × 10−10 esu. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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