Electro-responsive properties of star shaped SNS derivative

Abstract

Building super-structured CPs is of great interest because of the novel properties that could arise from such structures.[8–11] Branched conducting polymers with electronically-connected nodes are excellent candidates among this family of super structured CPs; with such polymers, there should be no need for inter-chain coupling or inter-chain electronic transfer to ensure high electronic conductivity. Moreover, this type of material possesses a three dimensional structure which could also improve the conductivity.[1] In this work, we synthesized a new star-shaped SNS derivative (2,4,6-tris(4-(2,5- di(thiophen-2-yl)-1H-pyrrol-1-yl)butylamine)-1,3,5-triazine) (Fig.1). Electrochemical and electrochromic properties of SNS derivative were investigated.