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Versatility of the ionic assembling method to design highly luminescent PMMA nanocomposites containing
Maria Amela-Cortes1, Yann Molard2, Serge Paofai2
1Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UR1-CNRS 6226, Groupe Chimie du Solide et Matériaux, Université de Rennes 1, Campus Beaulieu, CS 74205, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France. maria.amela-cortes@univ-rennes1.fr yann.molard@univ-rennes1.fr and SATT Ouest-Valorisation, 14C Rue du Pâtis Tatelin, Metropolis 2, CS 80 804, 35708, Rennes Cedex, France.
Abstract:
New luminescent poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) nanocomposites with high content of different hexanuclear octahedral cluster building blocks, namely [Mo6I8(C2F5COO6)](2-), [Re6Se8(CN)6](4-) and [W6Cl14](2-) have been prepared by free-radical polymerisation. To do so, cluster complexes bearing a polymerisable ammonium counter-cation have been synthesised. In this way, we demonstrate that ionic assembling is a powerful tool to functionalise easily any type of anionic cluster units to be introduced in a PMMA organic matrix. All samples remain homogeneous, stable during several months, and retain the luminescence properties of the cluster precursor.
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