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Three‐Strand Conducting Ladder Polymers: Two‐Step Electropolymerization of Metallorotaxanes
Author(s) -
Buey Julio,
Swager Timothy M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(20000204)39:3<608::aid-anie608>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - polymer , intermolecular force , materials science , polymerization , conductive polymer , polymer chemistry , supramolecular polymers , conductivity , supramolecular chemistry , polymer science , molecular wire , chemical physics , molecule , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry
Sequential polymerization of supramolecular metallorotaxane complexes results in three‐stranded conducting ladder polymers. The internal polymer is “sandwiched” between the other two polymers to give molecular wires that are effectively insulated when the outer polymers are in their nonconducting state (shown schematically). The intermolecular conductivity can be mediated by the Cu 1+ /Cu 2+ redox couple.