Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Photoresponsive spiro-polymers generated in situ by C–H-activated polyspiroannulation

  • Ting Han,
  • Zhanshi Yao,
  • Zijie Qiu,
  • Zheng Zhao,
  • Kaiyi Wu,
  • Jianguo Wang,
  • Andrew W. Poon,
  • Jacky W. Y. Lam,
  • Ben Zhong Tang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13308-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Photoresponsive polymers are receiving great attention due to the increasing demands on smart optical and biological materials. Here, the authors report a C–H-activated polyspiroannulation route to in situ generate photoresponsive spiro-polymers with potential applications in photopatterning and silicon photonics techniques.