Steering polymer growth by molding nanochannels: 1,5-hexadiene polymerization in high silica mordenite

Autor: Ettore Fois, Mario Santoro, Simona Quartieri, Gabriele Ricchiardi, Rossella Arletti, Giorgia Confalonieri, Julien Haines, Riccardo Fantini, Sara Morandi, Francesco Di Renzo, Gloria Tabacchi, Gianmario Martra, Marco Fabbiani, Giovanna Vezzalini
Přispěvatelé: University of Torino, Department of Chemistry, University of Torino, Interdepartmental Centre 'Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces' (NIS), Department of Chemical and Geological Siences, University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia, National Institute of Optics (CNR-INO), National Research Council - Florence, Italy, Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux de Montpellier (ICGM ICMMM), Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC), University of Insubria, Department of Science and High Technology and INSTM, This work was carried out in the framework of the PRIN project ZAPPING (PRIN2015 Prot.2015HK93L7) funded by the Italian MIUR. FAR2018 Uninsubria is acknowledged for funding.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Elsevier, 2021, 311, pp.110728. ⟨10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110728⟩
ISSN: 1387-1811
DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110728⟩
Popis: International audience; Zeolites are known as scaffolds for the assembly of molecules via non-covalent interactions yielding organized supramolecular materials. Yet their potential in driving the growth of lowdimensional systems requiring covalent bond formation is still unexplored. We incorporated 1,5hexadiene in the channels of a high-silica mordenite and analyzed the material by infrared spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, thermogravimetry and modeling techniques. Due to the few zeolite acid sites, 1,5-hexadiene experiences a slow conversion to a polymer mainly formed by cyclopentane units and featuring short side chains that are able to fit the channels. The shapedirecting abilities of zeolite frameworks play a twofold role, involving first the organization of the monomers inside the void-space and then the linear growth of the chain dictated by the channel geometry. These findings highlight the molding action of zeolites in directing transformations of covalent bonds under ambient conditions and may provide insights for obtaining confined polymers with intriguing prospective applications.
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