title: From ionic liquids to supramolecular polymers.
abstract: Charging forward: Ionic interactions presented in a multivalent fashion in small-molecule ionic liquids lead to functional polymer-like materials (see picture) that are consistent with the formation of a supramolecular ionic network. For example, the ionic material formed from a dication consisting of two covalently linked tetraalkyl phosphonium moieties and a porphyrin tetracarboxylate has a viscosity of 10(6) Pa s at 25 degrees C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems, Duke University, 124 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708-0346, USA. stephen.craig@duke.edu
authors.forename: Stephen L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Craig
mesh_terms: D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D052578:Ionic Liquids; D011108:Polymers; D011166:Porphyrins