Polypyridinium salts

Research Focus Method of preparing polypyridinium salts with well-defined molecular weights that were soluble in aqueous and organic solvents. 

Originality Although polypyridinium salts have been previously prepared, none had... 

Harris et al. (3) used triphenylmethyl tetrafluoroborate to prepare the polypyridinium salt, (I), which was a stable conducting polymer when doped with TCNQ dianions. 

This section describes the preparation of new polymer electrolytes consisting of polymer blends of quarternized salts such as polypyridinium salt and aluminum (Schemes 1 and 2). The polypyridinium here constitutes the molten salt chloride, instead of the pyridinium salt and enables the polymer complexes to form thin films, resulting from the enormous increase in viscosity of the molten salt [102]. 

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