Synthesis of "ideal" bipyridyl cross-linked poly(dimethylsiloxane) elastomeric networks

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Matthew Ryan Kincer, mk217@mail.gatech.edu and Alexander D. Schwab, schwabad@appstate.edu. A. R. Smith Department of Chemistry, Appalachian State University, 525 Rivers Street, Boone, NC 28608
Bipyridyl (bpy) groups are attached to the ends of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) chains. When ruthenium is introduced to a solution of the telechelic PDMS, the bipyridyl groups can complex with Ru creating effective Ru(bpy)3 cross-links. These materials should offer interesting optomechanical properties which can be utilized to make sensors or to study stress in elastomeric materials on the molecular level.
 

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