Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia, 5095, Australia.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Apr 7;58(29):4553-4560. doi: 10.1039/d2cc01100j.
Now in their 5th decade of research and development, conducting polymers represent an interesting class of materials to underpin new wearable or conformable electronic devices. Of particular interest over the years has been poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), commonly known as PEDOT, owing to its ease of fabrication and relative stability under typical ambient conditions. Understanding PEDOT from a variety of fundamental and applied perspectives is important for how it can be enhanced, modified, functionalised, and/or processed for use in commercial products. This feature article highlights the contribution of the research team at the University of South Australia led by Professor Evans, and their collaborators, putting their work into the broader context of conducting polymer research and application. This review focuses on the vapour synthesis of PEDOT doped with the tosylate anion, the benefits of controlling its morphology/structure during synthesis, and its application as an active material interacting with secondary anions in sensors, energy devices and drug delivery.
如今，在经过了 50 年的研究和开发之后，导电聚合物成为了一类非常有趣的材料，可以为新型可穿戴或可变形电子设备提供支持。多年来，聚（3,4-亚乙基二氧噻吩）（通常称为 PEDOT）因其易于制造和在典型环境条件下相对稳定而备受关注。从各种基础和应用的角度来理解 PEDOT，对于如何增强、修改、功能化和/或处理它以用于商业产品是非常重要的。这篇专题文章突出了由埃文斯教授领导的南澳大利亚大学研究团队及其合作者的贡献，并将他们的工作置于导电聚合物研究和应用的更广泛背景下。这篇综述重点介绍了用 tosylate 阴离子掺杂的 PEDOT 的气相合成、在合成过程中控制其形态/结构的好处，以及其作为与传感器、能源设备和药物输送中的次级阴离子相互作用的活性材料的应用。
