Synthesis and superior optical-limiting properties of fluorene-thiophene-benzothiadazole polymer-functionalized graphene sheets

Small. 2010 Oct 18;6(20):2292-300. doi: 10.1002/smll.201000981.

Abstract

A polymer based on fluorene, thiophene, and benzothiadazole as the donor-spacer-acceptor triad is covalently coupled to reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets via diazonium coupling with phenyl bromide, followed by Suzuki coupling. These polymer-graphene hybrids show good solubility in organic solvents, such as chloroform, tetrahydrofuran (THF), toluene, dichlorobenzene, and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), and exhibit an excellent optical-limiting effect with a 532-nm laser beam. The optical-limiting threshold energy values (0.93 J cm(-2) for G-polymer 1 and 1.12 J cm(-2) for G-polymer 2) of these G-polymer hybrids are better than that of carbon nanotubes (3.6 J cm(-2)).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fluorenes / chemistry*
  • Graphite / chemical synthesis*
  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Polymers / chemical synthesis*
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Solubility
  • Thiadiazoles / chemistry*
  • Thiophenes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Fluorenes
  • Polymers
  • Thiadiazoles
  • Thiophenes
  • benzo-1,2,3-thiadiazole
  • fluorene
  • Graphite