‘Sacrificial’ supramolecular assembly and pressure-induced polymerization: toward sequence-defined functionalized nanothreads
Margaret C. Gerthoffer, Sikai Wu, Bo Chen, Tao Wang, Steven Huss, Shalisa M. Oburn, Vincent H. Crespi, John V. Badding, Elizabeth Elacqua
Abstract
Supramolecular synthons are exploited to synthesize –OH functionalized sp <sup>3</sup> -rich sequence-defined nanothreads using pressure-induced polymerization of a phenol:pentafluorophenol co-crystal.
Topics & Concepts
SynthonSupramolecular chemistryPolymerizationSequence (biology)ChemistryPhenolPolymer chemistryMaterials scienceCrystal structureCrystallographyStereochemistryPolymerOrganic chemistryBiochemistrySupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials