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

Autor: Stephen R. Diegelmann, Patricia A. Peart, John D. Tovar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Materials, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 1269-1280 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1944
DOI: 10.3390/ma3021269
Popis: 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.
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