Solution-processable and functionalizable ultra-high molecular weight polymers via topochemical synthesis.

ABSTRACT: Topochemical polymerization reactions hold the promise of producing ultra-high molecular weight crystalline polymers. However, the totality of topochemical polymerization reactions has failed to produce ultra-high molecular weight polymers that are both soluble and display variable functionality, which are restrained by the crystal-packing and reactivity requirements on their respective monomers in the solid state. Herein, we demonstrate the topochemical polymerization reaction of a family of para-azaquinodimethane compounds that undergo facile visible light and thermally initiated polymerization in the solid state, allowing for the first determination of a topochemical polymer crystal structure resolved via the cryoelectron microscopy technique of microcrystal electron diffraction. The to

SUBMITTER: Anderson CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8613210 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature