Back to results
US 8,298,443 B2Granted
Tunable conducting polymer nanostructures
AssigneeUniversity of Manitoba
InventorsMichael S. Freund, Bhavana A. Deore, Insun Yu
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for producing a polymer comprising reacting a fluoride and a monomer having a boronic acid moiety, or a salt thereof, in acidic aqueous solution and/or in an aliphatic alcohol. Polymerization occurs with the addition of an oxidizing agent. The method may further comprise the step of purification of the polymer by centrifugation with 0.5 M HCl and/or dispersion of the polymer in a solvent. The polymer has a morphology tunable by changing the solvent.
Claims18
A method for producing a polymer comprising:
- reacting a fluoride and a monomer having a boronic acid moiety, or a salt thereof, in an acidic aqueous solution or in an aliphatic alcohol;
- and
- polymerizing using an oxidizing agent;
- wherein the monomer having a boronic acid moiety is a boronic acid substituted aniline, pyrrole or thiophene;
- and wherein the fluoride is sodium fluoride, lithium fluoride, or potassium fluoride.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.