Gallium-containing conducting metallopolymers which display chemically tunable reactivity for the growth of Ga2S3 semiconducting nanoparticles.
Electropolymerization of novel gallium Schiff-base complexes results in conducting metallopolymers containing either coordinatively saturated or unsaturated gallium metal centers. Depending on the chemical coordination of the metal centers, the embedded metal ions can act as seed points for the direct growth of size-controlled gallium sulfide nanoparticles in a conducting polymer, yielding a hybrid electronic material.
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Michelle L
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Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Center for Nano and Molecular Science and Technology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, A5300, Austin, TX 78712-0165, USA.
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Gregor
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Holliday
Bradley J
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