Advanced Materials (FRG) 2012-06-26

Molecular level ordering in poly(2-vinylpyridine).

Mohammad Changez, Haeng-Deog Koh, Nam-Goo Kang, Jin-Gyu Kim, Youn-Joong Kim, Shashadhar Samal, Jae-Suk Lee

Index: Adv. Mater. 24(24) , 3253-7, (2012)

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Abstract

The reaction between atactic poly(2-vinylpyridine) and 1,4-dibromobutane leads to formation of long-range 3D molecular ordering in polymer chains mainly because the side group (pyridine) of the polymer chain changes to a syndotactic configuration. This may enable the production of functional molecular devices that operate on a 3D atomic scale.Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.