Issue 7, 2003
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Microfabrication of high-performance aromatic polymers as nanotubes or fibrils by in situring-opening polymerisation of macrocyclic precursors

Howard M. Colquhoun,*a   Mikhail G. Zolotukhin,a   Lionel G. Sestiaa,a   Fabio Aricó,a   Zhixue Zhu,a   Philip Hodge,*b   Abderrazak Ben-Haidab  and  David J. Williams*c  

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a School of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, UK
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b Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK
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c Department of Chemistry, Imperial College, South Kensington, London, UK
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Abstract

Melt-phase nucleophilic ring-opening polymerisation of macrocyclic aromatic ethers and thioethers at high temperatures within the cylindrical pores of an anodic-alumina membrane, followed by dissolution of the template, enables replication of the membrane's internal pore structure and so affords high-performance aromatic polymers with well-defined fibrillar or tubular morphologies.

Graphical abstract: Microfabrication of high-performance aromatic polymers as nanotubes or fibrils by in situ ring-opening polymerisation of macrocyclic precursors

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B303948J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Apr 2003
Accepted
19 May 2003
First published
27 May 2003

J. Mater. Chem., 2003,13, 1504-1506

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Microfabrication of high-performance aromatic polymers as nanotubes or fibrils by in situ ring-opening polymerisation of macrocyclic precursors

H. M. Colquhoun, M. G. Zolotukhin, L. G. Sestiaa, F. Aricó, Z. Zhu, P. Hodge, A. Ben-Haida and D. J. Williams, J. Mater. Chem., 2003, 13, 1504 DOI: 10.1039/B303948J

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