Inclusion complex electrochemical kinetics

The reasons for the lack of electrochemical reactivity of the inclusion complex were not clear at the time this work was completed and still remain intriguing now. We can assume that the electrochemical kinetics of the inclusion complex is slower than that of the free guest and, because the inclusion complex is short lived, dissociation provides a bypass mechanism for the electron transfer to take place more quickly. Another take-home message from this finding is that to investigate the electrochemical behavior of included guests, we must prepare complexes of reasonable kinetic... 

The electrochemical inclusion of copper and iron particles in PMT leads to an increase of the ex situ macroscopic conductivity due to complexation with the sulfur atoms of the polymer backbone. The mechanism and kinetics of the complexation processes are specific to the metallic particles incorporated in the polymer [561, 562], Polymerized 3-octylthiophene containing <0.4% iron is described as a heat-resistant polymer [563]. 

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