Non-Traditional Aromatic Topologies and Biomimetic Assembly Motifs as Components of Functional Pi-Conjugated Oligomers

Materials

John D. Tovar¹  Stephen R. Diegelmann¹ 

[1] Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD, 21218 USA; E-Mails:

关键词: conjugated polymers;    self-assembly;    aromaticity;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ma3021269

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

This article will highlight our recent work using conjugated oligomers as precursors to electroactive polymer films and self-assembling nanomaterials. One area of investigation has focused on nonbenzenoid aromaticity in the context of charge delocalization in conjugated polymers. In these studies, polymerizable pi-conjugated units were coupled onto unusual aromatic cores such as methano[10]annulene. This article will also show how biologically-inspired assembly of molecularly well-defined oligopeptides that flank pi-conjugated oligomers has resulted in the aqueous construction of 1-dimensional nanomaterials that encourage electronic delocalization among the pi-electron systems.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
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