Polymer Functionalization of Graphene-like Carbons

该项目旨在扩大一种新材料的适用性，石墨烯样碳（GLC），通过功能化它与聚合物。GLC材料是最近在加拿大3 M公司的实验室开发的，通常是一种导电的涂层。3 M希望通过将这种新材料与各种聚合物结构相结合来扩大其适用范围，以使其与本体聚合物更相容或适用于传感设备。Adronov研究小组在使用共价和非共价技术对碳纳米结构进行聚合物功能化方面拥有广泛的专业知识，并将这些方法应用于GLC。首先，我们将研究一组共轭聚合物，包括聚芴，聚噻吩和聚咔唑与粉末样品的GLC在适当的溶剂中的超分子相互作用。任何有希望的聚合物-GLC相互作用将在薄GLC膜上进行探测，并通过表面分析技术（如拉曼和红外光谱）进行监测。此外，我们将通过酰胺键将连接体引入GLC表面，使聚合物共价连接。所得材料将在3 M进行测试，以确定各种应用的适用性。

This project aims to expand the applicability of a new material, graphene-like Carbon (GLC), byfunctionalizing it with polymers. The GLC material was recently developed in the labs of 3M Canada, and is agenerally intert, yet conductive coating. 3M wishes to expand the scope of applicability of this new material byinterfacing it with various polymeric structures, in an effort to make it more compatible with bulk polymers orapplicable to sensory devices. The Adronov Research Group has extensive expertise in thepolymer-functionalization of carbon nanostructures using both covalent and non-covalent techniques, and willapply these methods to GLCs. Initially, we will investigate the supramolecular interaction of a set ofconjugated p olymers, including polyfluorene, polythiophene, and polycarbazole with powdered samples ofGLC in an appropriate solvent. Any promising polymer-GLC interactions will then be probed on thin GLCfilms and monitored by surface analysis techniques, such as Raman and IR spectroscopy. In addition, we willintroduce a linker to the GLC surface via an amide linkage that will enable covalent attachment of polymers.The resulting materials will undergo testing at 3M to determine suitability for various applications.