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    Citation - WoS: 52
    Citation - Scopus: 57
    Members of Cmy Color Space: Cyan and Magenta Colored Polymers Based on Oxadiazole Acceptor Unit
    (Amer Chemical Soc, 2012) Ozkut, Merve Icli; Algi, Melek Pamuk; Oztas, Zahide; Algi, Fatih; Onal, Ahmet M.; Cihaner, Atilla
    In this study, three novel oxadiazole-based polymers were synthesized and their electrochemical and optical properties were investigated. The polymers were found to have both p- and n-type doping properties accompanied by electrochromic response. Two polymer films exhibit cyan and magenta colors, which constitute two legs of CMY color spaces, in their neutral states and they are soluble in common-organic solvents. According to the color mixing theory, all colors in the visible spectrum including black color can be obtained by using these polymers with a yellow colored electrochromic polymer. Among these polymers, the polymer bearing propyledioxythiophene donor units has some superior properties like high stability (it retains 94% of its electroactivity after 2000 cycles), solubility, and high coloration efficiency (230 cm(2)/C), whereas as expected ethylenedioxythiophene containing one has the lowest band gap as 1.08 eV.
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    Citation - WoS: 25
    Citation - Scopus: 27
    A New Processable and Fluorescent Polydithienylpyrrole Electrochrome With Pyrene Appendages
    (Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, 2013) Tirkes, Seha; Mersini, Jetmire; Oztas, Zahide; Algi, Melek Pamuk; Algi, Fatih; Cihaner, Atilla
    A new hybrid compound, namely 1-(pyren-3-yl)-2,5-di(thiophen-2-yl)-1H-pyrrole (SNS-P), was polymerized via both chemical and electrochemical methods. Chemically obtained soluble polydithienylpyrrole (c-PSNS-P) bearing pyrene appendages is a homogeneous and uniform polymer with a number averaged molecular weight of 15,200 g/mol. The polymer exhibits both multi-electrochromic and fluorescent properties. Upon oxidation, the color of electrochemically obtained polymer (e-PSNS-P) changes from yellowish orange to greenish yellow and to green/blue and finally to blue. In addition, the polymer induces yellowish orange (564 nm) and bright orange emission (613 nm) in solution and solid states, respectively. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.