A facile avenue to conductive polymer brushes via cyclopentadiene-maleimide Diels-Alder ligation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Oct 7;49(77):8623-5. doi: 10.1039/c3cc44683b.

Abstract

Cyclopentadienyl end-capped poly(3-hexylthiophene) was employed to fabricate conductive surface tethered polymer brushes via a facile route based on cyclopentadiene-maleimide Diels-Alder ligation. The efficient nature of the Diels-Alder ligation was further combined with a biomimetic polydopamine-assisted functionalization of surfaces, making it an access route of choice for P3HT surface immobilization.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cycloaddition Reaction
  • Cyclopentanes / chemistry*
  • Indoles / chemistry
  • Maleimides / chemistry*
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Surface Properties
  • Thiophenes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Cyclopentanes
  • Indoles
  • Maleimides
  • Polymers
  • Thiophenes
  • poly(3-hexylthiophene)
  • polydopamine
  • maleimide