Pillararene-Containing Polymers with Tunable Conductivity Based on Host–Guest Complexations
ACS MACRO LETTERS(2019)
Abstract
Regulating the conductivity of conducting polymers has spurred increasing studies, aiming at meeting different demands in various fields, including chemosensors, photovoltaic cells, and so on. Herein, linear pillar[5]arene-containing conjugated polymers were designed and synthesized via metathesis cyclopolymerization of pillar[5]arene-functionalized 1,6-heptadiyne. Upon addition of an ionic guest, such polymers could form inclusion complexes, of which the glass transition temperature decreased dramatically. With the aid of ionic guest and host-guest complexations between the pendant pillararenes and guest, these supramolecular materials exhibited tunable conductivity from 10(-12) to 10(-3) S.cm(-1) at 30 degrees C. In addition, compared with the polymers without pendant pillar[5]arenes, such polymers showed better compatibility with the ionic guest, which could prevent the leakage of the latter one and was good for the conductivity of the material.
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Key words
tunable conductivity,polymers,pillararene-containing
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