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Gerardo Salinas1, Rana Nakar2, Getnet Kassahun3
1University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM UMR 5255, 33600, Pessac, France. kuhn@enscbp.fr.
Abstract:
Herein, we take advantage of the photoelectric effect produced on light-emitting diodes to induce a kinetically controlled electrocatalytic polymerization of 3,4-alkoxythiophenes. Wireless polymerization was achieved by fine-tuning the irradiation time, the power density and the molecular structure of the thiophenes. A smartphone based light-driven system is introduced as a simple and low cost polymerization approach to π-conjugated films.
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