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N. Conjugated Polymers as Conductors, Sensors, Amplifiers, Actuators, and Catalysts Swager Lab. New Sensory Methods : Signal Amplification From Receptors “Wired in Series” Conducting Metallopolymers: New Sensors and Catalysts
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N Conjugated Polymers as Conductors, Sensors, Amplifiers, Actuators, and CatalystsSwager Lab • New Sensory Methods: Signal • Amplification From Receptors • “Wired in Series” • Conducting Metallopolymers: New Sensors and Catalysts • Self-Organizing Systems:Liquid Crystal and Molecular Recognition Directed Assembly • New Molecular Architectures: Polymers Designed to Couple Volume or shape Changes and Chemical Potential
W Single Strand Conducting Molecular Wire • Challenges • Flexibility of Functional Groups Modification • Stability • Shape and Length Persistence
W Alternative : InsulatedWires with Switching Elements
Structure of Three-Strand Conducting Polymetallorotaxane Central Chain Is Isolated
Second Generation Polymetallorotaxane ( n ( • Improvement • Larger Stopper means Better Insulation • Rigid Structure, no De-threading • Solubility
Synthesis of Conductive Polymers within an Iptycene Scaffold •The rigid iptycene framework will serve to insulate the polymer