For the development of polymer carpets as active devices for micro- and nanotechnology, a control of the polymer carpet morphology and especially control of the stimulus responsive polymer brush is needed. Here, we report on the first example for the fabrication of patterned polymer carpets. On a two-dimensional framework of fully crosslinked and chemically patterned nanosheets, polymer brushes...

The sedimentation of quaternized poly(4-vinyl pyridine) (QP4VP) or poly(N-methyl 4-vinyl pyridine iodide) in aqueous solution has been investigated by using an analytical ultracentrifuge (AUC) via sedimentation velocity (SV). When NaI is introduced, either the sedimentation coefficient (s) or apparent molar mass (Mw) of QP4VP increases with NaI concentration because the polyelectrolyte chains a...

Elastomers easily undergo a catastrophic failure as soon crack is introduced by mechanical damage. Thus, it extremely important for elastomers to possess fast healing ability, which enables the quick reparation of cracks. However, developing with self-healing ability and high strength highly challenging. Herein, we fabricate metallosupramolecular elastomer facilely introducing pyridine-Cu coord...

Since the advent of Ziegler-Natta polymerization of ethylene, attempts have been made to extend coordination polymerization to commercially important monomers with polar functionality. In this study we examined the copolymerization of perdeuterated vinyl chloride (VC) and perdeuterated vinyl acetate (VA) with ethylene using a tridentate Fe(II) dichloride pyridine diimine metal catalyst. The res...

An implantable glucose microbiosensor that utilizes an electrodeposited redox polymer/glucose oxidase (GOX) sensing membrane and a highly hydrophilic poly (4-vinyl pyridine-co-acrylic acid) (PVP-PAC) overcoating as an analyte-regulating membrane has been developed. A gold microelectrode was electrodeposited with the redox polymer/GOX composite sensing membrane. Two polymers, a hydrophobic poly ...

The reaction of Cp(CO)2FeI with 2-ethynyl-pyridine under Sonogashira conditions [5% PdCl2(PPh3)2, 10% CuI, THF-NEt3 (2:1)] afforded the title binuclear μ-pyridyl-vinyl-idene FePd complex (FePd1) as a benzene solvate, [FePd(C5H5)(C7H5N)I(CO)2]·C6H6, in a very low yield rather than the expected iron o-pyridyl-ethynyl complex Cp(CO)2Fe-C≡C-(2-C5H4N). The Fe and Pd atoms in FePd1 are bridged by car...

Crosslinked porous polyimide films were fabricated by a soft-template method using the microphase-separated structure based on template block copolymer. A trifunctional amine, 1,3,5-tris(4-aminophenyl)benzene (TAPB), was used as crosslinkable monomer of poly(amic acid) (PAA) to achieve well-ordered and flexible films. The crosslinking TAPB improved thermal stability nanostructures PAA/polystyre...

(Diphenylamino)phenylethenyl group-containing chromophores are widely employed to design effective materials with useful electronic properties. In this communication, (E)-4-(2-(7-Bromo-[1,2,5]thiadiazolo[3,4-c]pyridin-4-yl)vinyl)-N,N-diphenylaniline was regioselectively obtained by the Heck reaction of 4,7-dibromo-[1,2,5]thiadiazolo[3,4-c]pyridine N,N-diphenyl-4-vinylaniline. The structure newl...