Electroactive Polymers--Application to Analysis, Catalysis and Fundamental Studies

9311694艾略特这个项目是在分析和表面化学的一般领域和电化学的子领域。 在这39个月的持续资助任期内，埃利奥特教授和他的学生将研究电活性聚合物的各种基础和应用化学方面。 将在三个重点领域开展工作。 在第一，Nafion膜固定钌功能化的卟啉电极表面作为烯烃的电化学检测器的功效将进行探讨。 在第二，聚N-甲基吡咯修饰电极将被评估为一个和两个碳多氯代烷烃在水溶液中的检测器。 在第三个重点领域，将制备新的基于双联吡啶基烷烃的聚合物，并将其作为制备聚合物修饰电极的坚固导电膜进行评估。这些材料有望成为有效的电催化剂。 这项研究目标的成功实现可以使新型修饰电极传感器的开发成为可能，这对于环境入侵物种的监测非常有用。 此外，本项目中合成和评估的新型导电聚合物材料预计将具有重要的技术应用。 ***

9311694 Elliott This project is in the general area of analytical and surface chemistry and in the subfield of electrochemistry. During the tenure of this thirty-nine month continuing grant, Professor Elliott and his students will investigate various fundamental and applied chemical aspects of electroactive polymers. Three thrust areas will be pursued. In the first, the efficacy of Nafion membrane immobilized ruthenium functionalized porphyrins on electrode surfaces as electrochemical detectors for olefins will be explored. In the second, poly N-methyl pyrrole modified electrodes will be evaluated as detectors for one- and two-carbon polychloroalkanes in aqueous solution. In the third thrust area, new bisbipyridylalkane-based polymers will be prepared and evaluated as robust conducting films for preparing polymer modified electrodes. These materials hold promise as effective electrocatalytic agents. %%% The successful attainment of the goals of this research could enable the development of new classes of modified electrode sensors which would be quite useful as monitors of environmentally invasive species. Additionally, new conducting polymeric materials targeted for synthesis and evaluation in this project are expected to have significant technological applications. ***