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Hooking Together Sigmoidal Monomers into Supramolecular Polymers
Author(s) -
Carini Marco,
Marongiu Mauro,
Strutyński Karol,
Saeki Akinori,
MelleFranco Manuel,
MateoAlonso Aurelio
Publication year - 2019
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.201910818
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , supramolecular polymers , materials science , polymer , monomer , anthracene , nanotechnology , acridine , molecule , polymer chemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material
Supramolecular polymers show great potential in the development of new materials because of their inherent recyclability and their self‐healing and stimuli‐responsive properties. Supramolecular conductive polymers are generally obtained by the assembly of individual aromatic molecules into columnar arrays that provide an optimal channel for electronic transport. A new approach is reported to prepare supramolecular polymers by hooking together sigmoidal monomers into 1D arrays of π‐stacked anthracene and acridine units, which gives rise to micrometer‐sized fibrils that show pseudoconductivities in line with other conducting materials. This approach paves the way for the design of new supramolecular polymers constituted by acene derivatives with enhanced excitonic and electronic transporting properties.