New Conductive Polymeric Materials: Cofacial Assembly of Mixed Valent Metallomacrocycles.
Abstract
This paper reports on an approach to control molecular stacking interactions in low-dimensional mixed valence materials by locking partially oxidized metallomacrocycles together in a cofacial orientation. Iodine doping of the face-to-face linked oligomers (M(Pc)O)n (M = Si, Ge, Sn; Pc = phthalocyaninato) produces electrically conductive polymers (M(Pc)O)Ix n with a wide range of x stoichiometries. Resonance raman spectroscopy indicates that the iodine has oxidized the polymer chain. Polymer structure has been studied by X-ray powder diffraction, and it is possible to estimate interplanar spacings. Halogen doping of the (M(Pc)O) n materials is accompanied by electrical conductivity increases as large 1/10 to the 7th power (ohm cm); the general trend is sigma Si > or approximate sigma Ge > sigma Sn. Variable temperature conductivity and magnetic susceptibility data are reported. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 28, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA081010
Entities
People
- Bhagyashree R. Kundalkar
- Karl F. Schoch Jr.
- Tobin J. Marks
Organizations
- Northwestern University