Synthesis of polythiophenes containing pendant calixarenes and their application in polythiophene/carbon nanotube hybrid sensors

ORGN 357

Yong Yang, yyang@mit.edu1, Fei Wang, feiwang@mit.edu2, and Timothy M. Swager, tswager@MIT.EDU1. (1) Department of Chemistry and Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT NE47-491, 500 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 18-143, Cambridge, MA 02139
Soluble and high-molecular-weight precursor polythiophenes were synthesized via copolymerization. Post-polymerization reactions installed calixarenes as side chains onto the polymer backbone. The resulting calixarene-containing polythiophenes were utilized to disperse single-walled carbon nanotubes. The stable homogeneous suspensions were easily processed to sensors for selective detection of aromatic isomers.
 

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The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007