Metal Salt—Polymer Composites

Poly(aryl ether sulfide)s by sulfide-activated nucleophilic aromatic substitution polymerization

“…One area in which he has made a sizable impact is in the class of polymers known as poly(aryl ether)s, where he has contributed to the development of synthesis techniques, the characterization of polymer properties, and materials design for application with more than 150 publications. Some of the more noteworthy accomplishments include the development of the potassium carbonate 'weak base' method of synthesis [1], the use of phenylphosphine oxide activated monomers and the characterization of the resulting polymers [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11], the production of high temperature thermosets from reactive oligomers [9,[11][12][13][14], and most recently in the design of activated sulfonate monomers for the synthesis of well-defined sulfonic acid functionalized poly(aryl ether sulfone)s and poly(aryl sulfide sulfone)s for use as improved PEM fuel cell membranes [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26].…”