Mechanochemistry with Metallosupramolecular Polymers
作者:Diederik W. R. Balkenende、Souleymane Coulibaly、Sandor Balog、Yoan C. Simon、Gina L. Fiore、Christoph Weder
DOI:10.1021/ja5051633
日期:2014.7.23
The transduction of mechanical force into useful chemical reactions is an emerging design approach to impart soft materials with new functions. Here, we report that mechanochemical transductions can be achieved in metallosupramolecular polymers. We show that both reversible and irreversible reactions are possible and useful to create mechanically studied was a cross-linked network assembled from a europium salt and a responsive materials that display new functions. The metallopolymer telechelic poly(ethylene-co-butylene) with 2,6-bis(1'-methyl-benzimidazolyl)pyridine (Mebip) ligands at the termini. The Eu3+ complexes serve both as mechanically responsive binding motifs and as built-in optical probes that can monitor the extent of (dis)assembly due to their characteristic photoluminescent properties. Indeed, dose-dependent and reversible metal ligand dissociation occurs upon exposure to ultrasound in solution. The absence of ultrasound-induced dissociation of a low-molecular weight model complex and in-depth studies of temperature effects confirm that the dissociation is indeed the result of mechanical activation. The influence of the strength of the metal-ligand interactions on the mechanically induced dissociation was also explored. Metallopolymers in which the Mebip ligands were substituted with more strongly coordinating dipicolinate (dpa) ligands do not dissociate upon exposure to ultrasound. Finally, we show that mechanochemical transduction in metallosupramolecular polymers is also possible in the solid state. We demonstrate mending of damaged objects through ultrasound as well as mechanochromic behavior based on metal-exchange reactions in metallopolymers imbibed with an auxiliary metal salt.
Immobilization of a molecular catalyst on carbon nanotubes for highly efficient electro-catalytic water oxidation
作者:Fusheng Li、Lin Li、Lianpeng Tong、Quentin Daniel、Mats Göthelid、Licheng Sun
DOI:10.1039/c4cc06959e
日期:——
Electrochemically driven water oxidation has been performed using a molecularwater oxidation catalystimmobilized on hybrid carbon nanotubes and nano-material electrodes. A high turnover frequency (TOF) of 7.6 s(-1) together with a high catalytic current density of 2.2 mA cm(-2) was successfully obtained at an overpotential of 480 mV after 1 h of bulk electrolysis.
已经使用固定在杂化碳纳米管和纳米材料电极上的分子水氧化催化剂进行了电化学驱动的水氧化。在批量电解1 h后,在480 mV的超电势下成功获得了7.6 s(-1)的高周转频率(TOF)和2.2 mA cm(-2)的高催化电流密度。