Urea and guanidinium-containing supramolecular polymers

CHED 832

Hamza H. Musa, hmusa@mytsu.tnstate.edu, Chemistry Department, Tennessee State University, 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd, Nashville, TN 37209, Alshakim Nelson, nelson@chem.ucla.edu, Department of Chemistry, UCLA, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095, and Nsoki Phambu, nphambu@tnstate.edu, Department of Chemistry, Tennessee State University, 3500 John A Merritt Blvd, Nashville, TN 37209.
Supramolecular polymers are a promising class of materials for the future fabrication of nanoscale devices. This project summarizes our efforts in the synthesis of molecular recognition containing polystyrene polymers. These polymers were synthesized through the method of reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. To make these polymers urea and guanidinium containing monomers were first synthesized. Based on our preliminary research, we were able to polymerize styrene co-polymers through the process of RAFT. NMR spectroscopy plays an important role in characterizing the noncovalent interactions.
 

Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Polymer Chemistry
11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Monday, March 26, 2007 Hyatt Regency Chicago -- Riverside Center, Poster

Division of Chemical Education

The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007