Polymerization of low molecular weight hydrogelators to form electrochromic polymers

Authors :: Peter S. Kubiak
Petra J. Cameron
Dave J. Adams
Salmah Awhida
Tom O. McDonald
Wentao Deng
Christopher E. Hotchen
Ben M. Alston
Source :: Kubiak, P S, Awhida, S, Hotchen, C, Deng, W, Alston, B, McDonald, T O, Adams, D J & Cameron, P J 2015, ' Polymerization of low molecular weight hydrogelators to form electrochromic polymers ', Chemical Communications, vol. 51, no. 52, pp. 10427-10430 . https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc03053f, Cameron, P, Awhida, S, Hotchen, C, Deng, W, Alston, B, McDonald, T O, Adams, D J & Kubiak, P 2015, ' Polymerization of low molecular weight hydrogelators to form electrochromic polymers ', Chemical Communications, vol. 51, pp. 10427-10430 . https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC03053F
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2015.
Abstract: We present a method for the polymerization of low molecular weight hydrogelators to form polymers with unique structures. Carbazole-protected amino acids are shown to form hydrogels by self-assembly into fibrous structures. We show that is possible to directly electropolymerize the hydrogels. This results in the formation of microporous electrochromic polymers with distinctive structure. Polymers formed from the same gelator without the pregelation step show more compact structures. This method opens the possibility of creating polymers templated from pre-assembled gels that have the potential to be used in a wide range of applications.

Subjects :: chemistry.chemical_classification
Materials science
technology, industry, and agriculture
Metals and Alloys
General Chemistry
Polymer
Microporous material
Catalysis
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Polymerization
chemistry
Chemical engineering
Electrochromism
Polymer chemistry
Self-healing hydrogels
Materials Chemistry
Ceramics and Composites

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