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Structural Study of Star Polyelectrolytes and Their Porous Multilayer Assembly in Solution
2015
Star polyelectrolytes with responsive properties to external stimuli, such as pH, temperature and ionic condition, were utilized to fabricate layer-by-layer (LbL) microcapsules . The microstructure of star polyelectrolytes was first studied in semi-dilute solution by in situ small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). These measurements show that with the addition of salts, arms of strong cationic star polyelectrolytes will contract and the spatial ordering of the stars would be interrupted. SANS measurements were also performed on the microcapsules in order to study their internal structure and responsive properties in solution. The results show that with the increase of shell thickness, microc…
An approach to the electrochemical activity of poly-(phenothiazines) by complementary electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and Vis–NIR spectroscopy
2010
Abstract The electroactivity of two poly-(phenothiazine), the poly-(Azure A) and the poly-(Methylene Blue), has been compared in this work. The spectroelectrochemical results prove clearly the existence of two electroactive moieties integrated in the polymeric lattice, the phenothiazine ring (detected by changes of absorbance at 590 and 685 nm) and the newly formed covalent links which fixes the monomers in the backbone of the polymer (detected by changes of absorbance at 460 and 875 nm). Differences in the electrochemical response of both polymers are due to differences in this covalent link. However in both polymers, the charge balance during electrochemical reactions takes place by the e…
Structural control of mixed ionic and electronic transport in conducting polymers
2016
Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) doped with poly(styrenesulfonate), PEDOT:PSS, has been utilized for over two decades as a stable, solution-processable hole conductor. While its hole transport properties have been the subject of intense investigation, recent work has turned to PEDOT:PSS as a mixed ionic/electronic conductor in applications including bioelectronics, energy storage and management, and soft robotics. Conducting polymers can efficiently transport both holes and ions when sufficiently hydrated, however, little is known about the role of morphology on mixed conduction. Here, we show that bulk ionic and electronic mobilities are simultaneously affected by processing-induced change…
Hybrid Materials Based on Polyoxometalates with Solid State Properties
2003
Molecular materials with cooperative physical properties constitute one of the most active focus of interest in contemporary materials science. An attractive chemical feature of these materials derives from the possibility of building them from molecular bricks using the advantages provided by molecular chemistry and the knowledge achieved over the last 20 years in the so-called molecular engineering. From the point of view of the physical properties, it is well known that molecular materials can exhibit the properties typically associated with the inorganic network solids, as for example metallic conductivity and superconductivity [1], ferromagnetism [2] and non-linear optics [3].
Mass/charge balance as a tool to estimate dimensional change in polypyrrole-based actuators
2006
The deconvolution of the voltammograms of polypyrrole electrochemistry has proved to be possible through the electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance data using the F(dm/dQ) function. This deconvolution allows the evolution of the thickness of the polypyrrole films during their redox processes to be estimated and therefore, the mechanical contraction/decontraction of this polymer as a function of the ionic exchange processes can be evaluated. Keywords: Polypyrrole, EQCM, Thickness change
A Copper(II)-Cytidine Complex as a Building Unit for the Construction of an Unusual Three-Dimensional Coordination Polymer
2010
The chiral [Cu(cyd) 4 ] 6- anion acts as a multiarmed complex-ligand toward auxiliary copper(II) centers leading to the first example of cytidinate-bridged three-dimensional (3D) coordination polymer of formula [Cu 6 (H 2 O) 7 (ClO 4 ) 3 Cu(cyd) 4 ]-(ClO 4 ) 3 (1). Single crystal X-ray analysis of 1 shows a unique 3D covalent network supported by the exclusive hypercoordination of the cytidinate ligand that bridges four crystallographically independent copper(II) ions via the N3, O2, O2', O3', and O5' set of atoms. Magnetic susceptibility measurements in the temperature range 1.9-295 K reveal the coexistence of ferro- and antiferromagnetic interactions within the hexacopper(II) core of 1, t…
Formation and distortion of iodidoantimonates(III): the first isolated [SbI6]3- octahedron
2017
The ability to intentionally construct, through different types of interactions, inorganic–organic hybrid materials with desired properties is the main goal of inorganic crystal engineering. The primary deformation, related to intrinsic interactions within inorganic substructure, and the secondary deformation, mainly caused by the hydrogen bond interactions, are both responsible for polyhedral distortions of halogenidoantimonates(III) with organic cations. The evolution of structural parameters, in particular the Sb—I secondary- and O/N/C—H...I hydrogen bonds, as a function of temperature assists in understanding the contribution of those two distortion factors to the irregularity of [SbI6]…
Music as a Forum for Social-Emotional Health
2018
This chapter discusses social-emotional competence (SEC) as a psychological resource that can be supported by music engagement and that can explain music’s positive impact on mental health. Social-emotional competence is a set of psychological resources including social and emotional awareness, adaptive emotion regulation and coping, self-determination, resilience, and prosocial communication and interaction. This set of skills is fundamental for the healthy adaptation of an individual to the environment and highly impacts well-being. Thanks to its deep connections to emotion and social bonding, music can be seen as a forum for training, learning, and fostering such skills. In this chapter,…
Mössbauer spectroscopic studies of clusters Mn2(CO)8[μ-Sn(hal)Mn(CO)5]2 (hal = Cl, Br) and related Mn and Re compounds
1977
Abstract In order to be acquainted with the nature of bonds at Sn involved in the title compounds, as well as to get information on the configuration of the strictly related derivatives I2Sn2Mn4(CO)18 and Cl2Sn2Re4(CO)18, the Mossbauer spectroscopic investigation reported in this paper has been carried out. The experimental parameters (isomer shifts, δ; nuclear quadrupole splittings, ΔE; for the bromide derivative only, the asymmetry parameter η and the sign of the nuclear quadrupole coupling constant e2qQ) have been discussed in connection with data concerning compounds with tin-transition metal bonds, mainly hal2Sn[Mn(CO)5]2 (hal = Cl, Br) and ClSn[Mn(CO)5]3. Rationalizations of ΔE and η …
Frequency-dependent response and dynamic disorder
1991
Abstract This paper discusses selected aspects of the application of dynamic percolation models to ionic transport in mixed-ion superionic conductors. The discussion is based on an AB lattice gas model with hard-core repulsions and a ratio of τ, 0 ⩽ τ ⩽ ∞, between the transition rates of particles A and B. The frequency-dependent conductivity for a tracer particle is calculated within an effective-medium theory. The motion of the background B-particles is regarded as providing a fluctuating disordered environment for the tracer particles A. A crossover frequency separating high-frequency and low-frequency response is found which scales with τ as ω c ∼ τ 1 2 . The results for the dc limit ar…