%0 Journal Article
%T Highly porous polymer dendrites of pyrrole derivatives synthesized through rapid oxidative polymerization
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%D 2018
%R https://doi.org/10.1038/s41428-018-0115-x
%X Highly porous organic structures are synthesized by the oxidative polymerization of pyrrole derivatives in a concentrated monomer and oxidant solution. The rapid polymerization of pyrrole by oxidation with FeCl3 in CHCl3 as a cosolvent for the monomer and the oxidant leads to nanometer-scale branching morphologies that have a specific surface area of ~200£¿m2£¿g£¿1. The polymerization of pyrrole derivatives, such as 1-methylpyrrole and 1-ethylpyrrole, produced intragranular micropores of ~1£¿nm in diameter in the polymer grains of nanoscale dendrites. We obtained highly porous polymers of polypyrrole derivatives that have high specific surface areas (~900£¿m2£¿g£¿1) with bimodal pore-size distribution. The enhanced adsorbability of porous polymer dendrites for aromatic molecules was confirmed, in comparison with that of conventional polystyrene adsorbents
%U https://www.nature.com/articles/s41428-018-0115-x