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Probing Through-Space Charge Migration in Segmented Conducting Polymers Jocelyn M. Nadeau, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
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Probing Through-Space Charge Migration in Segmented Conducting PolymersJocelyn M. Nadeau, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 The discovery of conducting polymers in the 1970s has led to countless technological applications including organic light-emitting diodes, chemical sensors, and corrosion inhibitors. Using segmented conducting polymers composed of electroactive segments connected by insulating segments, we will study how the relative orientation of the electroactive segments modulates the electrical and optical properties of the polymers. Research objectives we have focused on recently include: Reverse-phase HPLC separation of dibromide diastereomers using 100% MeCN. Synthesis of C-shaped electroactive monomers X-ray crystallography of C-shaped analogs showing CDCl3 occupying the cleft between the rings.