Abstract
New hybrid monomers and polymers consisting of rigid π-conjugated rods flanked with trialkoxylsilane side chains have been successfully synthesized. It has been shown that the monomer undergoes a sol-gel process to form transparent gels, from which the organic rods can be subsequently removed to produce nanoporous materials.
Keywords: Sol-gel, conjugated polymer, poly(phenylene ethynylene), fluorescence, nanoporous