Colored dielectric polymer materials and devices using them

A colored dielectric polymer material comprising a crosslinked polymer and a dye dispersed in the crosslinked polymer, wherein the crosslinked polymer comprises a crosslinking product of a polymer selected from group (1) or group (2):

• (1) a polymer comprising a first repeating unit of Formula (Ia) and optionally a second repeating unit of Formula (Ib) that is different from the first repeating unit of Formula (Ia):
• wherein
• L and L′ independently are absent or a divalent linker;
• W is —(CRa′═CRc′)p—(CRb′═CRd′)p,—Z′;
• Z is selected from the group consisting of a C1-10 alkyl group, a C1-10 haloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-14 aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted 5-14 membered heteroaryl group;
• Z′ is selected from the group consisting of H, a C1-10 alkyl group, a C1-10 haloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-14 aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted 5-14 membered heteroaryl group;
• R1 and R2 are each independently H or CH3;
• Ra, Ra′, Rb, and Rb′ are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, F, Cl, CN, CH3, and CF3;
• Rc, Rc′, Rd, and Rd′ are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, a C1-10 alkyl group, a C1-10 haloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-14 aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted 5-14 membered heteroaryl group;
• p and p′ are each independently 0 or 1;
• and
• q and q′ are each independently 0 or 1;
• (2) a polymer comprising a repeating unit having a pendant group comprising an optionally-substituted coumarin-6-yl moiety of the formula
• and/or an optionally-substituted coumarin-7-yl moiety of the formula
• wherein
• R1 and R2 and R3 are each independently selected from H, halo, —CN, —NO2, —OR4, —N(R4)2, —CHO, —C(O)R4, —C(O)O(R4), —C(O)N(R4)2, C1-20 alkyl, C2-20 alkenyl, C2-20 alkynyl, C1-20 alkoxy, C1-20 alkylthio, C1-20 haloalkyl, —Y-cycloalkyl, —Y-aryl, —Y-heterocycloalkyl, and —Y-heteroaryl;
• each cycloalkyl and heterocycloalkyl independently comprise 3-14 ring members;
• each aryl and heteroaryl independently comprise 5-14 ring members;
• each alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, and heteroaryl are independently substituted with 0-5 R5 groups;
• R5 is independently selected at each occurrence from H, C1-20 alkyl, C2-20alkenyl, C2-20 alkynyl, C1-20 alkoxy, C1-20 alkylthio, C1-20 haloalkyl, —Y-cycloalkyl, —Y-heterocycloalkyl, —Y-aryl, and —Y-heteroaryl, wherein
• each cycloalkyl and heterocycloalkyl independently comprise 3-14 ring members;
• each aryl and heteroaryl independently comprise 6-14 ring members;
• each alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, and heteroaryl are independently substituted with 0-5 R5 groups;
• R5 is independently selected at each occurrence from halo, —CN, —NO2, —OH, —O-aryl, —NH2, —NH—(C1-10 alkyl), —N(C1-10 alkyl)2, —NH-aryl, —N(aryl)2, —CHO, —C(O)—(C1-10 alkyl), —C(O)-aryl, —C(O)OH, —C(O)—O—(C1-10 alkyl), —C(O)—O-aryl, —C(O)—NH2, —C(O)NH—(C1-10 alkyl), —C(O)N(C1-10 alkyl)2, —C(O)NH(aryl), —C(O)N(C1-10 alkyl)(aryl, —C(O)N(aryl)2, C1-10 alkyl, C2-10alkenyl, C2-10alkynyl, C1-10 alkoxy, C1-10 alkylthio, C1-10 haloalkyl, —Y-cycloalkyl, —Y-aryl, —Y-heterocycloalkyl, and —Y-heteroaryl, wherein
• each cycloalkyl and heterocycloalkyl independently comprise 3-14 ring members;
• each aryl and heteroaryl independently comprise 6-14 ring members;
• each alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocycloalkyl, and heteroaryl are optionally and independently substituted with 1-5 substituents selected from halo, —CN, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 haloalkyl, C1-6 alkoxy, —O—C1-6 haloalkyl, —C(O)—, —C1-6 alkyl, —C(O)—O—C1-6 alkyl;
• Y, at each occurrence, is a divalent C1-6 alkyl group, a divalent C2-6 alkenyl group, a divalent C2-6 alkynyl group, or a covalent bond;
• and
• b is 0, 1, 2, or 3.