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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2002
Richard O'dell, Taufkirchen, DE;
Carl Towns, Stansted, GB;
Mary Mckiernan, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Cambridge Display Technology, Limited, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Abstract
A polymer for use in an optical device comprising one or more regions, where each region comprises (i) a first structural unit having general formula I: where m=1 or 2 and which contains at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, heteroaryl, and heteroaryloxy groups, each of which may be further substituted; and (ii) a second structural unit Ar selected from the group consisting of heteroaryl, triarylamine and 2,7-fluorenyl; such that where m=1 each region comprises a unit having general formula II:first structural unit—Ar  (II)