Polyfuran conducting polymers: Synthesis, properties, and applications

Abstract

In this review, polyfuran (PFu) synthesis methods and the nucleation mechanism; the electrochemical, structural, morphological, and magnetic properties of PFu; thermal behavior; theoretical calculations on PFu, as well as its applications reported to date, have been compiled. Not only PFu homopolymers have been reviewed, but also PFu co-polymers, PFu bipolymers, and PFu composites. The results are listed, discussed, and compared. It is hoped that this assembly of all the relevant data might enhance knowledge about this conducting polymer and lead to new research fields.

Novel conductive polypyrrole/zinc oxide/chitosan bionanocomposite: synthesis, characterization, antioxidant, and antibacterial activities

“…[1][2][3][4] Among them, Ppy is an ideal electroactive polymer for drug-delivery applications because of its favorable biocompatibility and antioxidant activity. The fact that Ppy can be made in degradable forms enhances its value for biomedical application.…”

Electroconducting materials based on polypyrrole

“…Polymerization by ectropolymerization, metal-catalyzed coupling reactions, and chemical oxidative polymerization was successfully used for synthesis of polymers constructed of heterocyclic (pyrrole, thiophene, furan, etc) [26][27][28][29][30] and aromatic units (phenylene derivatives, aniline) [31][32][33][34][35][36][37], but also photochemical polymerization and polymerization cathalyzed by enzimes has been also applied [38,39] Method of chemical polymerization can be applied for synthesis of all types of conducting polymers, including those which cannot be obtained electrochemically [40]. On the other hand, the electroconductivity of polymers obtained chemically is lower compared to the electrochemically synthesized equivalent [41].…”

Magnetic nanoparticles modified with polyfuran for the extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons prior to their determination by gas chromatography

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