In situ UV-Vis ESR studies on electrochemically synthesized poly(p-phenylene vinylene)

In this work PPV films were prepared by electrochemical reduction of α,α,α,α-tetrabromo-p-xylene in dimethylformamide and tetraethylammonium tetrafluoroborate. To get more information about the mechanism behind electrochemical polymerization of PPV and its doping reaction, in situ ESR- UV-VIS measurements were made on the electrochemically synthesized conducting polymer PPV.