Synthesis and characterization of bicontinuous cubic poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) gyroid (PEDOT GYR) gels
| Author(s) | Cho, Whirang | |
| Author(s) | Wu, Jinghang | |
| Author(s) | Shim, Bong Sup | |
| Author(s) | Kuan, Wei-Fan | |
| Author(s) | Mastroianni, Sarah E. | |
| Author(s) | Young, Wen-Shiue | |
| Author(s) | Kuo, Chin-Chen | |
| Author(s) | Epps, Thomas H. III | |
| Author(s) | Martin, David C. | |
| Ordered Author | Whirang Cho, Jinghang Wu, Bong Sup Shim, Wei-Fan Kuan, Sarah E. Mastroianni, Wen-Shiue Young, Chin-Chen Kuo, Thomas H. Epps, III and David C. Martin | |
| UD Author | Cho, Whirang | en_US |
| UD Author | Wu, Jinghang | en_US |
| UD Author | Shim, Bong Sup | en_US |
| UD Author | Kuan, Wei-Fan | en_US |
| UD Author | Mastroianni, Sarah E. | en_US |
| UD Author | Young, Wen-Shiue | en_US |
| UD Author | Kuo, Chin-Chen | en_US |
| UD Author | Epps, Thomas H. III | en_US |
| UD Author | Martin, David C. | en_US |
| Date Accessioned | 2016-04-08T15:09:21Z | |
| Date Available | 2016-04-08T15:09:21Z | |
| Copyright Date | Copyright © the Owner Societies 2015. | en_US |
| Publication Date | 2015-01-12 | |
| Description | Publisher's PDF. | en_US |
| Abstract | We describe the synthesis and characterization of bicontinuous cubic poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) conducting polymer gels prepared within lyotropic cubic poly(oxyethylene)10 nonylphenol ether (NP-10) templates with Ia[3 with combining macron]d (gyroid, GYR) symmetry. The chemical polymerization of EDOT monomer in the hydrophobic channels of the NP-10 GYR phase was initiated by AgNO3, a mild oxidant that is activated when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The morphology and physical properties of the resulting PEDOT gels were examined as a function of temperature and frequency using optical and electron microscopy, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), dynamic mechanical spectroscopy, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Microscopy and SAXS results showed that the PEDOT gels remained ordered and stable after the UV-initiated chemical polymerization, confirming the successful templated-synthesis of PEDOT in bicontinuous GYR nanostructures. In comparison to unpolymerized 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) gel phases, the PEDOT structures had a higher storage modulus, presumably due to the formation of semi-rigid PEDOT-rich nanochannels. Additionally, the storage modulus (G′) for PEDOT gels decreased only modestly with increasing temperature, from ∼1.2 × 105 Pa (10 °C) to ∼7 × 104 Pa (40 °C), whereas G′ for the NP-10 and EDOT gels decreased dramatically, from ∼5.0 × 104 Pa (10 °C) to ∼1.5 × 102 Pa (40 °C). EIS revealed that the impedance of the PEDOT gels was smaller than the impedance of EDOT gels at both high frequencies (PEDOT ∼102 Ω and EDOT 2–3 × 104 Ω at 105 Hz) and low frequencies (PEDOT 103–105 Ω and EDOT ∼5 × 105 Ω at 10−1 Hz). These results indicated that PEDOT gels were highly ordered, mechanically stable and electrically conductive, and thus should be of interest for applications for which such properties are important, including low impedance and compliant coatings for biomedical electrodes. | en_US |
| Department | University of Delaware. Department of Materials Science and Engineering. | en_US |
| Department | University of Delaware. Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. | en_US |
| Department | University of Delaware. Department of Biomedical Engineering. | en_US |
| Citation | Cho, Whirang, et al. "Synthesis and characterization of bicontinuous cubic poly (3, 4-ethylene dioxythiophene) gyroid (PEDOT GYR) gels." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17.7 (2015): 5115-5123. | en_US |
| DOI | DOI: 10.1039/C4CP04426F | en_US |
| ISSN | 1463-9076 ; e- 1463-9084 | en_US |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/17596 | |
| Language | en_US | en_US |
| Publisher | Royal Society of Chemsitry | en_US |
| dc.rights | CC-BY | en_US |
| dc.source | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics | en_US |
| dc.source.uri | http://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/journalissues/cp#!recentarticles&adv | en_US |
| Title | Synthesis and characterization of bicontinuous cubic poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) gyroid (PEDOT GYR) gels | en_US |
| Type | Article | en_US |
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