Synthesis of conducting polymer hydrogels with 2D building blocks and their potential-dependent gel-sol transitions
Ran Du1, Yangzi Xu, Yunjun Luo
1School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, PR China.
Abstract:
Conducting polymer hydrogels with unusual 2D building blocks were synthesized in one step via a combination of oxidative coupling polymerization and non-covalent crosslinking of an amphiphilic thiophene derivative. Chemicals with standard electrode potentials higher than 0.8 V triggered disbanding of the resulting conducting polymer hydrogels, indicating the occurrence of potential-dependent gel-sol transitions.


