title: SuFEx Click: New Materials from SOxF and Silyl Ethers.
abstract: New forms of click chemistry present new opportunities in materials science. Sulfur(VI) fluoride exchange (SuFEx) is a recently discovered click reaction between molecules containing SOxF groups and silyl ethers, two functionalities that are orthogonal to all other known click chemistries, that generates sulfate or sulfonate connections upon the addition of certain organobases or fluoride sources. SuFEx also has several important advantages over other click reactions in that it is insensitive to ambient oxygen and water, and its precursor materials, especially SOxF, are chemically, UV, and thermally inert. This Concept article focuses on the unique reactivity of SuFEx and its relation to building high molecular weight polymers and surface coatings, both of which make it a powerful new tool for materials science.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of Engineering, and the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering University of Georgia, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602, USA.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yatvin
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of Engineering, and the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering University of Georgia, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602, USA.
authors.forename: Karson
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of Engineering, and the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering University of Georgia, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602, USA. jlocklin@uga.edu.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9272-2403
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Locklin
keywords: click chemistry; materials science; polymerization; surface chemistry; thin films