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Zhu Y, Egap E. Light-Mediated Polymerization Induced by Semiconducting Nanomaterials: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives. ACS POLYMERS AU 2021; 1:76-99. [PMID: 36855427 PMCID: PMC9954404 DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.1c00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Direct capture of solar energy for chemical transformation via photocatalysis proves to be a cost-effective and energy-saving approach to construct organic compounds. With the recent growth in photosynthesis, photopolymerization has been established as a robust strategy for the production of specialty polymers with complex structures, precise molecular weight, and narrow dispersity. A key challenge in photopolymerization is the scarcity of effective photomediators (photoinitiators, photocatalysts, etc.) that can provide polymerization with high yield and well-defined polymer products. Current efforts on developing photomediators have mainly focused on organic dyes and metal complexes. On the other hand, nanomaterials (NMs), particularly semiconducting nanomaterials (SNMs), are suitable candidates for photochemical reactions due to their unique optical and electrical properties, such as high absorption coefficients, large charge diffusion lengths, and broad absorption spectra. This review provides a comprehensive insight into SNMs' photomediated polymerizations and highlights the roles SNMs play in photopolymerizations, types of polymerizations, applications in producing advanced materials, and the future directions.
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- Yifan Zhu
- †Department
of Materials Science and Nanoengineering and ‡Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- †Department
of Materials Science and Nanoengineering and ‡Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States,
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Zhou YN, Li JJ, Wu YY, Luo ZH. Role of External Field in Polymerization: Mechanism and Kinetics. Chem Rev 2020; 120:2950-3048. [PMID: 32083844 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The past decades have witnessed an increasing interest in developing advanced polymerization techniques subjected to external fields. Various physical modulations, such as temperature, light, electricity, magnetic field, ultrasound, and microwave irradiation, are noninvasive means, having superb but distinct abilities to regulate polymerizations in terms of process intensification and spatial and temporal controls. Gas as an emerging regulator plays a distinctive role in controlling polymerization and resembles a physical regulator in some cases. This review provides a systematic overview of seven types of external-field-regulated polymerizations, ranging from chain-growth to step-growth polymerization. A detailed account of the relevant mechanism and kinetics is provided to better understand the role of each external field in polymerization. In addition, given the crucial role of modeling and simulation in mechanisms and kinetics investigation, an overview of model construction and typical numerical methods used in this field as well as highlights of the interaction between experiment and simulation toward kinetics in the existing systems are given. At the end, limitations and future perspectives for this field are critically discussed. This state-of-the-art research progress not only provides the fundamental principles underlying external-field-regulated polymerizations but also stimulates new development of advanced polymerization methods.
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- Yin-Ning Zhou
- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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Enhanced photocatalytic alkane production from fatty acid decarboxylation via inhibition of radical oligomerization. Nat Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1038/s41929-020-0423-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cationic and free radical polymerization initiated by a visible-light sensitive complex based on the photocatalytic decarboxylation of carboxylic acid. J Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2018.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Liao W, Ni X. Photocatalytic decarboxylation of diacids for the initiation of free radical polymerization. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2017; 16:1211-1219. [PMID: 28678292 DOI: 10.1039/c7pp00013h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Photopolymerization, which is one of the most attractive polymerization methods, has been recently studied for the development of new photoinitiators. Herein, we use a binary mixture of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles and carboxylic diacid as a novel photoinitiator to initiate the free radical polymerization of vinyl acetate (VAc). The polymerization of VAc is achieved both in aqueous medium and bulk. The initiation mechanism of TiO2/diacids is studied via nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy using 13C labeled diacids as probing molecules. Further, a universal reaction mechanism is established, where the polymerization of VAc is initiated by the HOOC-R˙ radical, which is generated from the photocatalytic decarboxylation of the diacid. The polymerization kinetics results indicate that the polymerization rate is strongly dependant on the diacid structure. Compared to the use of diacids with an odd number of carbons, it is found that using diacids with an even number of carbons results in the polymerization rate reaching the maximum value faster.
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- Wanfeng Liao
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymer, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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Dadashi-Silab S, Doran S, Yagci Y. Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions for Macromolecular Syntheses. Chem Rev 2016; 116:10212-75. [PMID: 26745441 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 546] [Impact Index Per Article: 68.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Photochemical reactions, particularly those involving photoinduced electron transfer processes, establish a substantial contribution to the modern synthetic chemistry, and the polymer community has been increasingly interested in exploiting and developing novel photochemical strategies. These reactions are efficiently utilized in almost every aspect of macromolecular architecture synthesis, involving initiation, control of the reaction kinetics and molecular structures, functionalization, and decoration, etc. Merging with polymerization techniques, photochemistry has opened up new intriguing and powerful avenues for macromolecular synthesis. Construction of various polymers with incredibly complex structures and specific control over the chain topology, as well as providing the opportunity to manipulate the reaction course through spatiotemporal control, are one of the unique abilities of such photochemical reactions. This review paper provides a comprehensive account of the fundamentals and applications of photoinduced electron transfer reactions in polymer synthesis. Besides traditional photopolymerization methods, namely free radical and cationic polymerizations, step-growth polymerizations involving electron transfer processes are included. In addition, controlled radical polymerization and "Click Chemistry" methods have significantly evolved over the last few decades allowing access to narrow molecular weight distributions, efficient regulation of the molecular weight and the monomer sequence and incredibly complex architectures, and polymer modifications and surface patterning are covered. Potential applications including synthesis of block and graft copolymers, polymer-metal nanocomposites, various hybrid materials and bioconjugates, and sequence defined polymers through photoinduced electron transfer reactions are also investigated in detail.
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- Sajjad Dadashi-Silab
- Department of Chemistry, Istanbul Technical University , 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Istanbul Technical University , 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Istanbul Technical University , 34469 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey.,Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR) and Department of Chemistry, King Abdulaziz University , 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Li Y, Ni X. One-step preparation of graphene oxide–poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene) composite films for nonvolatile rewritable memory devices. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra25517a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A nonvolatile rewritable memory composite film consisting of PEDOT and GO has been prepared by using GO-initiated photopolymerization.
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- Yongming Li
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers
- Department of Macromolecular Science
- Fudan University
- Shanghai
- The People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers
- Department of Macromolecular Science
- Fudan University
- Shanghai
- The People's Republic of China
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Manley DW, Walton JC. Preparative semiconductor photoredox catalysis: An emerging theme in organic synthesis. Beilstein J Org Chem 2015; 11:1570-82. [PMID: 26664577 PMCID: PMC4660884 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.11.173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Heterogeneous semiconductor photoredox catalysis (SCPC), particularly with TiO2, is evolving to provide radically new synthetic applications. In this review we describe how photoactivated SCPCs can either (i) interact with a precursor that donates an electron to the semiconductor thus generating a radical cation; or (ii) interact with an acceptor precursor that picks up an electron with production of a radical anion. The radical cations of appropriate donors convert to neutral radicals usually by loss of a proton. The most efficient donors for synthetic purposes contain adjacent functional groups such that the neutral radicals are resonance stabilized. Thus, ET from allylic alkenes and enol ethers generated allyl type radicals that reacted with 1,2-diazine or imine co-reactants to yield functionalized hydrazones or benzylanilines. SCPC with tertiary amines enabled electron-deficient alkenes to be alkylated and furoquinolinones to be accessed. Primary amines on their own led to self-reactions involving C-N coupling and, with terminal diamines, cyclic amines were produced. Carboxylic acids were particularly fruitful affording C-centered radicals that alkylated alkenes and took part in tandem addition cyclizations producing chromenopyrroles; decarboxylative homo-dimerizations were also observed. Acceptors initially yielding radical anions included nitroaromatics and aromatic iodides. The latter led to hydrodehalogenations and cyclizations with suitable precursors. Reductive SCPC also enabled electron-deficient alkenes and aromatic aldehydes to be hydrogenated without the need for hydrogen gas.
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- David W Manley
- University of St. Andrews, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, UK
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- University of St. Andrews, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, UK
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Dadashi-Silab S, Yar Y, Yagci Acar H, Yagci Y. Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles as long wavelength photoinitiators for free radical polymerization. Polym Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4py01658k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs) capped with lauric acid agents were synthesized and their photocatalytic activity was investigated in free radical photopolymerization of vinyl monomers.
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- Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering
- Koc University
- 34450 Sariyer
- Turkey
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- Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering
- Koc University
- 34450 Sariyer
- Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry
- Istanbul Technical University
- 34469 Maslak
- Turkey
- Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR) and Department of Chemistry
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McEntee M, Tang W, Neurock M, Yates JT. Mechanistic Insights into the Catalytic Oxidation of Carboxylic Acids on Au/TiO2: Partial Oxidation of Propionic and Butyric Acid to Gold Ketenylidene through Unsaturated Acids. ACS Catal 2014. [DOI: 10.1021/cs5014255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Monica McEntee
- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Chemical
Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Chemical
Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Chemical
Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Chemical
Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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Ma X, Ni X. Copolymerization of EDOT with pyrrole on TiO2 semiconductor films by one-step reaction, structure-dependent electronic properties, and charge conduction models of the composite films. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:2241-2248. [PMID: 24524268 DOI: 10.1021/la404773r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We used the photoexcited TiO2 films to initiate the copolymerization of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene with pyrrole, aiming to develop an organic/inorganic heterojunction. Specular reflection infrared spectroscopy analysis was used to monitor the process of polymerization and indicated that the copolymers directly grew on the TiO2 substrate. Dissecting the copolymers with ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy revealed the evolution of the valence-band electronic structures. Moreover, the resulting copolymer/TiO2 heterojunctions were investigated using electrochemical impedence and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The Al/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene-co-pyrrole)/TiO2/ITO heterojunction device that was prepared from the hybrid film exhibited a conspicuous rectification. The heterojunction device was also explored with respect to the conduction models.
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- Xun Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymer, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University , Shanghai 200433, China
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Yang Z, Ni X. Photovoltaic hybrid films with polythiophene growing on monoclinic WO3 semiconductor substrates. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:4829-4834. [PMID: 22335819 DOI: 10.1021/la204990d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A new photovoltaic film consisting of monoclinic WO(3) semiconductor and conjugated polythiophene (PT) is prepared via an in situ polymerization which is initiated by photoexcited WO(3). It is observed that PT grows on the WO(3) substrate along with reaction time, leading to uniform and high quality PT-WO(3) composite films. Structures of the as-synthesized films are studied by using Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) with the aim of gaining an insight into the interface. The results show that the sulfur sites of PT are bound to the semiconductor through a strong linkage and an acceptor-donor complex is formed as a result of the electron transfer from PT to WO(3). The cyclic voltammetry analysis confirms the charge-transfer reaction. Film devices are fabricated by using the PT-WO(3) composite film as the active layer and measured under AM 1.5G illumination for the photocurrents and incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency.
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- Zhouyong Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymer, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Cheng X, Wang J, Tang K, Liu Y, Liu C. Decarboxylation of pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid: A DFT investigation. Chem Phys Lett 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2010.07.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Fu WF, Li HJ, Wang DH, Zhou LJ, Li L, Gan X, Xu QQ, Song HB. A novel Kolbe reaction pathway for a selective one- and two-electron reduction of azo compounds. Chem Commun (Camb) 2009:5524-6. [PMID: 19753344 DOI: 10.1039/b906910k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Wen-Fu Fu
- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, TIPC CAS, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking, 100190, P.R. China.
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