Controlled folding of a novel electroactive polyolefin via multiple sequential orthogonal intra-chain interactions

• DOI: 10.1039/c2cc37157j
• Publication Date: 2012-12-03T20:24:12Z
• Authors: Danming Chao; Xiaoteng Jia; Bryan Tuten; Ce Wang; Erik B. Berda
• Keywords: Polyolefin; Folding (DSP implementation); Chain (unit)

We report here the synthesis of a novel electroactive polyolefin and demonstrate through combination SEC-MALS DLS how this type functional polymer can be folded in controlled fashion from an expanded coil to tightly wound globule using sequentially activated noncovalent covalent intra-chain interactions.