Title: polyfluorenes
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - polyfluorenes
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.08892
Status: current

Definition
Polymers composed of macromolecules containing fluorenediyl or substituted fluorenediyl (mainly 2,7-diyl) constitutional repeating units in the backbone (structure-based polymer class name). 

Note
Polyfluorenes are used as photoconducting, photoluminescent and electroluminescent materials for organic light-emitting diodes, organic thin film transistors and polymer solar cells.

Source
- PAC, 2022, 94, 15. 'Glossary of terms relating to electronic, photonic and magnetic properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 57 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2020-0501)

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Citation: Citation: 'polyfluorenes' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.08892
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