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Cover Picture: Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Metal‐Free Carbocatalyst for Polymerization of 1‐Naphthylamine (ChemPlusChem 7/2014)
Author(s) -
Tan Lin,
Zhang YongChen,
Wang Bin,
Luo HeMing,
Feng HuiXia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chempluschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.801
H-Index - 61
ISSN - 2192-6506
DOI - 10.1002/cplu.201402163
Subject(s) - graphene , oxide , polymerization , monomer , cationic polymerization , polymer , photochemistry , catalysis , materials science , chemistry , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry
The cover picture shows the catalytic effect of reduced graphene oxide for radical oxidative polymerization of 1‐naphthylamine. The concentrated monomers are absorbed on the reduced graphene oxide surface through “π–π” interaction, and then, owing to its high electron density, reduced graphene oxide not only donates electrons to monomers to shorten the formation time of diimine, but also stabilizes the cationic intermediates to facilitate the propagation of polymer. Details of this study are given in the Full Paper on page 929 by L. Tan, H.‐F. Feng, and co‐workers.