Thermally triggered polyrotaxane translational motion helps proton transfer

Xiaolin Ge; Yubin He; Xian Liang; Liang Wu; Yuan Zhu; Zhengjin Yang; Min Hu; Tongwen Xu

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04733-4

Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Thermally triggered polyrotaxane translational motion helps proton transfer

Xiaolin Ge,
Yubin He,
Xian Liang,
Liang Wu,
Yuan Zhu,
Zhengjin Yang,
Min Hu,
Tongwen Xu

Affiliations

Xiaolin Ge: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Yubin He: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Xian Liang: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Liang Wu: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Yuan Zhu: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Zhengjin Yang: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Min Hu: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Tongwen Xu: CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04733-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Proton exchange is critical in many applications, such as in conductive proton exchange membranes, but achieving fast proton exchange still remains a challenge. Here the authors report fast proton exchange in a rotaxane based polymer by exploiting thermally triggered translational motion of the mechanically bonded rotaxane.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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