Synthesis of New Oligothiophene Derivatives and Their Intercalation Compounds: Orientation Effects

M. A. Ibrahim, B. G. Lee, N. G. Park, J. R. Pugh, D. D. Eberl, A. J. Frank

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Abstract

The orientation dependence of intercalated oligothiophene derivatives in vermiculite and metal disulfides MS2 (M = Mo, Ti and Zr) on the pendant group on the thiophene ring and the host material was studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Amino and nitro derivatives of bi-, ter- and quarter-thiophenes were synthesized for the first time. The amino-oligothiophenes were intercalated into vermiculite by an exchange reaction with previously intercalated octadecylammonium vermiculite and into MS2 by the intercalation-exfoliation technique. Analysis of the XRD data indicates that a monolayer of amino-oligothiophene orients perpendicularly to the silicate surface in vermiculite and lies flat in the van der Waals gap of MS2.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)35-42
Number of pages8
JournalSynthetic Metals
Volume105
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/JA-590-27914

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