Organische Nanoröhren aus übergroßen Aramid-Helices

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Andreas Kilbinger
• Subject Area: Preparatory and Physical Chemistry of Polymers
• Term: from 2010 to 2013
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 170381562

• Final Report Year: 2013

Final Report Abstract

The general aim of the proposed work was achieved. The macromonomer synthesis was successfully carried out and polymerisation conditions were optimised to prepare polymers from these macromonomers. Unfortunately high molecular weight polymers can not yet be prepared with the polymerisation method found. The highest molecular weight polymer that should show a helical conformation has a molecular weight of ca. 10’000 g/mol. This is, however, sufficient for at least one full helical turn. To visualise the hypothesised helical shape we are currently carrying out atomic force and scanning tunnelling microscopic imaging of these samples in collaboration.

Publications

• "Solution and aggregation behavior of dendron-grafted poly(p-benzamide)s"
 Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2011, 32, 238

  Storz, C.; Schulze, M.; Kilbinger, A.F.M.

  
• “Bis-TEGylated poly(p-benzamide)s: Combining organo-solubility with shape-persistence"
 Macromolecules 2013, 46, 5520

  Schulze, M.; Michen, B.; Fink, A.; Kilbinger, A.F.M.