Table 1 Selected polymerization study to prepare GNR precursors

From: A modular synthetic approach for band-gap engineering of armchair graphene nanoribbons

View full size image

Entry

Monomer

k

Time (h)

Yielda (%)

M n b (kDa)

M w b (kDa)

Đ b

1

M1

3

24

93

22.5

44.9

2.09

    

[73

28.9

49.4

1.71]c

2

M1

5

12

96

15.8

28.1

1.71

    

[68

19.6

28.1

1.43]c

3

M1

3

24

97

36.8

80.2

2.18

    

[95

37.8

80.1

2.12]c

4

M1

5

12

94

12.2

21.4

1.76

    

[70

17.4

25.4

1.46]c

5

M1

3

24

95

22.6

40.5

1.79

    

[82

27.6

43.4

1.57]c

6

M1

3

8

82

17.5

34.9

2.00

    

[66

21.6

37.4

1.73]c

  1. a Isolated yield
  2. b Determined by THF SEC calibrated using polystyrene standards
  3. c After Soxhlet extraction under reflux of acetone
Back to article page