Functional conductive nanomaterials via polymerisation in nano-channels: PEDOT in a MOF

Tiesheng Wang; Meisam Farajollahi; Sebastian Henke; Tongtong Zhu; Sneha R. Bajpe; Shijing Sun; Jonathan S. Barnard; June Sang Lee; John D. W. Madden; Anthony K. Cheetham; Stoyan K. Smoukov

doi:10.1039/C6MH00230G

Functional conductive nanomaterials via polymerisation in nano-channels: PEDOT in a MOF†

Tiesheng Wang,

^ab Meisam Farajollahi,^c Sebastian Henke,^d Tongtong Zhu,^a Sneha R. Bajpe,^a Shijing Sun,^a Jonathan S. Barnard,^a June Sang Lee,^a John D. W. Madden,^c Anthony K. Cheetham^a and Stoyan K. Smoukov*^a

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^a Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK
E-mail: sks46@cam.ac.uk

^b EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sensor Technologies and Applications, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3RA, UK

^c Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

^d Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 44801, Germany

Abstract

Reactions inside the pores of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) offer potential for controlling polymer structures with regularity to sub-nanometre scales. We report a wet-chemistry route to poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (PEDOT)–MOF composites. After a two-step removal of the MOF template we obtain unique and stable macroscale structures of this conductive polymer with some nanoscale regularity.

This article is part of the themed collection: In celebration of Tony Cheetham’s 70th birthday

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Functional conductive nanomaterials via polymerisation in nano-channels: PEDOT in a MOF†

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