Université de Strasbourg

24th USIAS Seminar - Connection of Nanotubes and Fullerenes

June 15, 2016
From 12:00 until 14:00
MISHA, Salle Table Ronde

Alex Adronov, Fellow 2015, McMaster University

In his USIAS Fellowship project, Alex Adronov, in collaboration with Jean-Francois Nierengarten (ECPM, Strasbourg) aims to produce a fundamentally new monomer structure that can be introduced within high molecular weight conjugated polymers and subsequently modified, in an efficient manner, via the strain-promoted (copper-free) “click” cycloaddition between the alkyne and any azide-functionalized structure. The incorporation of a cyclooctyne structure within the backbone of a conjugated polymer has never been accomplished previously. The new class of conjugated polymers that this work will produce will produce a series of polymers having identical backbone structure and degree of polymerization, while varying in side-chain architecture and electronics. This will enable fundamental studies on the impact of side-chain structure on polymer properties and interactions, while maintaining identical polymer length, allowing true comparisons without confounding variables. The work will lead to the development of polymers that can be applied to numerous research interests, including supramolecular self assembly, selectivity of interactions with nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes, and device applications.

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