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US 11,505,644 B2Granted
Polymer embodiments comprising nanohoop-containing polymer backbones and methods of making and using the same
AssigneesUniversity of Oregon, Georgetown University, The Johns Hopkins University
InventorsRamesh Jasti, Ruth Maust, Curtis Colwell, John Dayton Tovar, Garvin Peters, Haley Bates, Miklos Kertesz, Girishma Grover
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Abstract
Polymer embodiments comprising nanohoop-containing polymer backbones are described, along with methods of making and using the same. The polymer embodiments exhibit unique radial and linear conjugation and can be used in a variety of devices, such as electronic and/or optoelectronic devices.
Claims21
A polymer having a structure according to Formula I
- wherein the nanohoop comprises six or more aromatic ring systems and wherein each aromatic ring system is directly bound to at least two other aromatic ring systems of the nanohoop by two separate single covalent bonds positioned para, ortho, or meta relative to one another, wherein one of the two separate single covalent bonds is directly bound to one of the at least two other aromatic ring systems and the other of the separate single covalent bonds is directly bound to the other of the at least two other aromatic ring systems;
- Ar is an aromatic ring system;
- and n is an integer selected from 2 or greater.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.