Abstract
This is a conjecture which defines a new class of electrically conducting polymer that chemically confines metals, ions or clusters within an electric potential constraining them to react in ways novel to chemistry. The polymers are planar on a planar surface and adhere as a �- bonded electron sheet to planar, electron-delocalized surfaces as in Fullerenes, graphene (both sides) and graphite. The new polymers offer an extension of the properties of solid state Physics into catalytic Chemistry. With the empirical formula typically C 6X3 where X is mostly chosen from Groups 3A (B, Ga, In), 4A (Ge, Sn, Pb), 5A (N, P, As, Sb, Bi) and 6A (O, S, Se, Te) of the Periodic Table, or a mixture of these, the molecules can form the polymer in Figure 1. Typically X = N, P, As, Sb, O, S, Se and Te. With an electric potential applied by the researcher to the polymer in Figure 3, this amounts to the creation of a new chemistry for each of the ions, clusters and neutral compounds of some 60 elements. Basically, this wide range of new complexes offers scientists access to fresh chemical opportunities when coated onto Fullerenes, graphene and graphite to force reactions not observed before and to explore both their chemical, medical and industrial implications.
Highlights
This is a conjecture which defines a new class of electrically conducting polymer that chemically confines metals, ions or clusters within an electric potential constraining them to react in ways novel to chemistry
The Periodic Table of Elements identifies some 60 metals and metalloids which could be coordinated in polymers such as those in Fig. 2 and 3 built from those based upon a monomer indicated in Diagram 1 and from Fig. 1
This situation is tantamount to the creation of a new chemistry for each of the ions, clusters and neutral compounds of some 50-60, mostly metallic, elements, when placed in a polymer such as that in Fig. 3 and itself lying upon a substrate such as a Fullerene or graphene
Summary
Two fundamental features of modern chemistry are coordination chemistry (Gispert, 2008) and separately, the study of electrically conducting materials such as graphite. The Periodic Table of Elements identifies some 60 metals and metalloids which could be coordinated in polymers such as those in Fig. 2 and 3 built from those based upon a monomer indicated in Diagram 1 and from Fig. 1 This situation is tantamount to the creation of a new chemistry for each of the ions, clusters and neutral compounds of some 50-60, mostly metallic, elements, when placed in a polymer such as that in Fig. 3 and itself lying upon a substrate such as a Fullerene or graphene. As “normal” ionic potentials are typically ±3v, researchers would find themselves in novel chemical domains This is the most accessible example of the synthesis of an electrically conducting polymer starting from the monomer shown in Diagram 1. The central chelating ring is large enough to accommodate metal complexes and part, or all of a metal cluster To all of these an electric potential can be applied when contained in a metal pot after the polymer forms. In the case of graphene particles, both sides of the individual particles would acquire a catalytic capacity
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