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Gram‐Scale Synthesis of Submicrometer‐Long Polythiophene Wires in Mesoporous Silica Matrices
Author(s) -
Li Guangtao,
Bhosale Sheshanath,
Wang Tianyu,
Zhang Yang,
Zhu Hesun,
Fuhrhop JürgenHinrich
Publication year - 2003
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/anie.200351158
Subject(s) - polythiophene , mesoporous material , mesoporous silica , materials science , aqueous solution , chemical engineering , gram , yield (engineering) , nanoscopic scale , ammonia , micelle , ion , nanotechnology , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , polymer , organic chemistry , conductive polymer , composite material , catalysis , biology , bacteria , engineering , genetics
Mesoporous materials get wired : Micelles of the thienyl‐substituted ammonium ion 1 in aqueous ammonia solution are applied as matrices for the formation of mesoporous silicate particles from tetraethylorthosilicate. After oxidation with FeCl 3 and treatment with HF, polymeric wires with a bimolecular diameter of 3 nm and average lengths of 100–200 nm (see TEM picture) are isolated. The yield of isolated material was consistently above 10% even in gram‐scale reactions.
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