Surface Mounting of Chromophores

Additional spectroscopic and electrochemical work has shown (see references for details) that the mechansim of thiol attack varies from polymer to polymer. For example, polyaniline can reform an electroactive polymer after thiol attack, while polypyrrole cannot.

Current work is focused on the attachment of chromophoric species to the surfaces of the conducting polymers. For example, porphyrins and porphyrin arrays have been attached and their spectroelectrochemistry has been explored.

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