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Polymer-Based Materials for Catalysis and Flexible Electronics
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Polymer-Based Materials for Catalysis and Flexible Electronics

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 April 2025 | Viewed by 2002

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Dr. Xiong Liu

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College of Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Xinjiang, China
Interests: polymer synthesis; functional polymers; polymer composites; hydrogels
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Dear Colleagues,

The past several decades have witnessed the rapid development of polymer science. Polymers can be endowed with unique characteristics, including electronic, catalytic, optical, and magnetic properties. Polymer-based materials have been widely applied in catalysis and flexible electronics. This Special Issue in Polymers aims to collect original research papers and review articles involving catalytic and electronic applications of polymer-based materials. The scope includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

  1. Polymer electrolytes;
  2. Polymer materials for catalysis;
  3. Polymer materials for wearable sensors;
  4. Polymer materials for supercapacitors;
  5. Polymer materials for batteries.

Dr. Xiong Liu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • functional polymers
  • hydrogels
  • catalysis
  • energy conversion and storage
  • wearable devices

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Palladium-Functionalized Polysiloxane Drop-Casted on Carbon Paper as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Suzuki–Miyaura Reaction
by Ekaterina A. Golovenko, Anastasia N. Kocheva, Artem V. Semenov, Svetlana O. Baykova, Konstantin V. Deriabin, Sergey V. Baykov, Vadim P. Boyarskiy and Regina M. Islamova
Polymers 2024, 16(19), 2826; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16192826 - 6 Oct 2024
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In this work, a Pd(II)-C,N-cyclometalated complex was grafted to polysiloxanes via azide–alkyne cycloaddition. The obtained polymer–metal complex (Pd-PDMS) acts as a catalyst in the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction. Pd-PDMS was drop-casted onto a carbon fiber support, and the resulting membrane demonstrated catalytic activity [...] Read more.
In this work, a Pd(II)-C,N-cyclometalated complex was grafted to polysiloxanes via azide–alkyne cycloaddition. The obtained polymer–metal complex (Pd-PDMS) acts as a catalyst in the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction. Pd-PDMS was drop-casted onto a carbon fiber support, and the resulting membrane demonstrated catalytic activity in the cross-coupling reaction without yield loss after several catalytic cycles. The catalytic membrane allows for easy catalyst recycling and provides ultra-low palladium levels in Suzuki–Miyaura reaction products. Full article
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Amphiphilic Dendronized Copolymer-Encapsulated Au, Ag and Pd Nanoparticles for Catalysis in the 4-Nitrophenol Reduction and Suzuki–Miyaura Reactions
by Fangfei Liu and Xiong Liu
Polymers 2024, 16(8), 1080; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16081080 - 12 Apr 2024
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The branched structures of dendronized polymers can provide good steric stabilization for metal nanoparticle catalysts. In this work, an amphiphilic dendronized copolymer containing hydrophilic branched triethylene glycol moieties and hydrophobic branched ferrocenyl moieties is designed and prepared by one-pot ring-opening metathesis polymerization, and [...] Read more.
The branched structures of dendronized polymers can provide good steric stabilization for metal nanoparticle catalysts. In this work, an amphiphilic dendronized copolymer containing hydrophilic branched triethylene glycol moieties and hydrophobic branched ferrocenyl moieties is designed and prepared by one-pot ring-opening metathesis polymerization, and is used as the stabilizer for metal (Au, Ag and Pd) nanoparticles. These metal nanoparticles (Au nanoparticles: 3.5 ± 3.0 nm; Ag nanoparticles: 7.2 ± 4.0 nm; Pd nanoparticles: 2.5 ± 1.0 nm) are found to be highly active in both the 4-nitrophenol reduction and Suzuki–Miyaura reactions. In the 4-nitrophenol reduction, Pd nanoparticles have the highest catalytic ability (TOF: 2060 h−1). In addition, Pd nanoparticles are also an efficient catalyst for Suzuki–Miyaura reactions (TOF: 1980 h−1) and possess good applicability for diverse substrates. The amphiphilic dendronized copolymer will open a new door for the development of efficient metal nanoparticle catalysts. Full article
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