Solvent-free synthesis, coating and morphogenesis of conductive polymer materials through spontaneous generation of activated monomers

Abstract

Synthesis, coating, and morphogenesis of conductive polymers were achieved on a variety of substrates through spontaneous generation of activated monomer vapors under ambient pressure and low temperature conditions. The present approach facilitates the generation of complex hierarchical morphologies and the conductive coating for improvement of electrochemical properties.

Morphology Design of Crystalline and Polymer Materials from Nanoscopic to Macroscopic Scales

“…Different polymerization behavior was observed when nitrate crystals were put in a sample bottle with the neat liquid pyrrole (Py) and 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT). 27 As the reaction proceeds, a black coating was observed on the surface of the substrates and the inside wall of the chamber (Figures 14a 14d). The activated monomer vapor is generated on the surface of the nitrate crystals.…”

Conductive polymer-mediated 2D and 3D arrays of Mn3O4 nanoblocks and mesoporous conductive polymers as their replicas

“…[28][29][30][31] Coating a conductive layer of carbon and polymers on the oxide surface was utilized to increase the electrical conductivity. [32][33][34][35][36][37][38] Here, the control of the self-assembly process of Mn 3 O 4 rectangular nanoblocks has been applied to the design of appropriate nanostructures for electrode active materials. Moreover, the Mn 3 O 4 nanocrystals arranged on a substrate were coated with PPy on a nanometric scale through polymerization of pyrrole at the air-solid interphase.…”

“…Moreover, the Mn 3 O 4 nanocrystals arranged on a substrate were coated with PPy on a nanometric scale through polymerization of pyrrole at the air-solid interphase. 36 The electrochemical characteristics of ultrathin electrodes consisting of the PPy-mediated arrays of the nanoblocks were evaluated as lithium-ion battery anodes.…”

Tolerant to air σ-alkane complexes by surface modification of single crystalline solid-state molecular organometallics using vapour-phase cationic polymerisation: SMOM@polymer

“…4,10 The functionalisation of discrete singlecrystalline materials by surface-initiated polymerisation is, however, much less common. Such single-crystal@polymer composites have been reported for MOFs, 7 polyoxometallate frameworks (POMs), 11 benzoic acids 12 and alkali halides; 13 all of which present chemically robust platforms for surface functionalisation. Closely related work has shown that single-crystals of Co(OR)(salph) (R = Me, Ac) promote ethylene oxide polymerization, with growth occurring at specific loci on the surface of the molecular crystal rather than the whole surface.…”