Issue 18, 2018

Proton conductive cationic nanoporous polymers based on smectic liquid crystal hydrogen-bonded heterodimers

Abstract

The fabrication of a cationic nanoporous smectic liquid crystal network (LCN) based on hydrogen bonded heterodimers is presented. The method relies on a supramolecular complex made from a pyridyl bearing reactive mesogen hydrogen bonded to a non-reactive benzoic acid template. Upon addition of a cross-linker, a smectic liquid crystalline phase is obtained that can be fixed by photopolymerization. It was found that the lamellar structure was maintained after template removal when 25 wt% or more cross-linker was used, yielding a nanoporous LCN. After H3PO4 immobilization in the pores of the LCN, a cationic 2D nanoporous polymer is obtained showing high and anisotropic anhydrous proton conductivity.

Graphical abstract: Proton conductive cationic nanoporous polymers based on smectic liquid crystal hydrogen-bonded heterodimers

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Feb 2018
Accepted
19 Apr 2018
First published
19 Apr 2018

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018,6, 5018-5024

Proton conductive cationic nanoporous polymers based on smectic liquid crystal hydrogen-bonded heterodimers

D. Mulder, T. Liang, Y. Xu, J. ter Schiphorst, L. M. W. Scheres, B. M. Oosterlaken, Z. Borneman, K. Nijmeijer and A. P. H. J. Schenning, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, 6, 5018 DOI: 10.1039/C8TC00857D

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