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Subhabrata Banerjee1, Sho Kataoka1, Toshikazu Takahashi1
1National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan. s-kataoka@aist.go.jp endo-akira@aist.go.jp.
Dalton Transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
|September 8, 2016
Summary
Researchers synthesized novel ordered coordination polymers using polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) as building blocks. These POSS-based materials exhibit long-range order, opening new avenues in polymer network design.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Polymer Chemistry
- Nanotechnology
Background:
- Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) are versatile nanoscale building blocks.
- Coordination polymers offer tunable properties through metal-ligand interactions.
- Developing ordered polymeric networks remains a key challenge in materials science.
Purpose of the Study:
- To synthesize novel ordered coordination polymers.
- To utilize polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) as a primary structural component.
- To investigate the formation of polymeric networks with long-range order.
Main Methods:
- Synthesis of a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) with eight carboxylic terminals.
- Coordination of the functionalized POSS with copper ions.
- Varying reaction temperatures to control polymer network formation.
Main Results:
- Successful synthesis of ordered coordination polymers.
- Formation of polymeric networks utilizing POSS building blocks.
- Demonstration of a long-range ordered structure in the resulting coordination polymer.
Conclusions:
- POSS can be effectively used as a building block for ordered coordination polymers.
- The synthesized materials possess a well-defined, long-range ordered structure.
- This work presents a new method for creating ordered POSS-based polymeric materials.
