Helical polymers: synthesis, structures, and functions

E Yashima, K Maeda, H Iida, Y Furusho… - Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The helix is the central structural motif in biological macromolecules, such as DNA and
proteins, and is also the ubiquitous object in nature from microscopic to macroscopic points …

Acetylenic polymers: syntheses, structures, and functions

J Liu, JWY Lam, BZ Tang - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of polymers is of academic value and technological implication and has been
developed as an important area of research over a long history. 1 The first reports about …

Supramolecular Assemblies from Poly (phenylacetylene) s

F Freire, E Quinoa, R Riguera - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
The evolution of chemistry in the last 60 years can be illustrated by the introduction of just a
few new concepts. One is macromolecules,(1, 2) whose importance was recognized in the …

Helical polyacetylene: asymmetric polymerization in a chiral liquid-crystal field

K Akagi - Chemical Reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Because the synthesis of polyacetylene (PA) thin film and the discovery of chemical doping
disclosed the uncultivated field of conductive polymers, 1r3 conductive polymers have been …

Processible nanostructured materials with electrical conductivity and magnetic susceptibility: preparation and properties of maghemite/polyaniline nanocomposite …

BZ Tang, Y Geng, JWY Lam, B Li, X Jing… - Chemistry of …, 1999 - ACS Publications
We here present a versatile process for the preparation of maghemite/polyaniline (γ-
Fe2O3/PAn) nanocomposite films with macroscopic processibility, electrical conductivity …

Preparation, alignment, and optical properties of soluble poly (phenylacetylene)-wrapped carbon nanotubes

BZ Tang, H Xu - Macromolecules, 1999 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanotube-containing poly (phenylacetylenes)(NT/PPAs) are prepared by in situ
polymerizations of phenylacetylene catalyzed by WCl6− Ph4Sn and [Rh (nbd) Cl] 2 (nbd= 2 …

Structural control of the photoluminescence of silole regioisomers and their utility as sensitive regiodiscriminating chemosensors and efficient electroluminescent …

Z Li, Y Dong, B Mi, Y Tang, M Häussler… - The Journal of …, 2005 - ACS Publications
We synthesized a group of silole regioisomers 1 x, y, whose photoluminescence varied
dramatically with its regiostructure. By internally hindering the intramolecular rotation, we …

Silole-containing polyacetylenes. Synthesis, thermal stability, light emission, nanodimensional aggregation, and restricted intramolecular rotation

J Chen, Z Xie, JWY Lam, CCW Law, BZ Tang - Macromolecules, 2003 - ACS Publications
We synthesized three substituted polyacetylenes carrying 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-pentaphenylsilolyl
(PS) pendants, ie,−[HC C (PS)] n−(1),−{HC C [(CH2) 9OPS]} n−(2) and−{(C6H5) CC [(CH2) …

Liquid‐crystalline and light‐emitting polyacetylenes

JWY Lam, BZ Tang - Journal of Polymer Science Part A …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Rigid polymer backbones have often been considered to be detrimental to the packing of
mesogenic pendants, and polyacetylenes have generally been regarded as unpromising …

Interdisciplinary chemistry based on integration of liquid crystals and conjugated polymers: development and progress

K Akagi - Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The helical structures and optoelectronic functions of conjugated polymers were dynamically
controlled using an external force-responsive liquid crystal field, leading to cultivation and …