Bhavana A. Deore

Self-doped conducting polymers

1. Introduction. 1.1 Conducting Polymers. 1.2 What Are Self-doped Conducting Polymers? 1.3 Types of Self-doped Polymers. 1.4 Doping Mechanism in Self-doped Polymers. 1.5 Effect of Substituents on Properties of Polymer. 1.6 Applications of Self-doped Polymers. References. 2. Self-doped Derivatives of Polyaniline. 2.0 Introduction. 2.1 Chemical Synthesis of Sulfonic Acid Derivatives. 2.2 Electrochemical Synthesis of Sulfonic Acid Derivatives. 2.3 Enzymatic Synthesis of Sulfonic Acid Derivatives. 2.4 Properties of Sulfonic Acid Derivatives. 2.5 Synthesis and Characterization of Carboxyl Acid Derivatives. 2.6 Synthesis and Characterization of Phosphonic Acid Derivatives. 2.7 Self-doped Polyaniline Nanostructures. References. 3. Boronic acid Substituted Self-doped Polyaniline. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Synthesis. 3.3 Properties of Self-doped PABA. 3.4 Self-Cross-Linked Self-doped Polyaniline. 3.5 Applications. References. 4. Self-doped Polythiophenes. 4.1 Sulfonic Acid Derivatives. 4.2 Carboxylate Derivatives. 4.3 Phosphanate Derivatives. References. 5. Miscellaneous Self-doped Polymers. 5.1 Self-doped Sulfonated Polypyrrole. 5.2 Carboxyl Acid Derivative. 5.3 Self-doped Poly(3,6-carbaz-9-yl)propanesulfonate. 5.4 Self-doped Poly(p-phenylenes). 5.5Self-doped Polyphenylenevinylene. 5.6 Self-doped Poly(indole-5-carboxylic acid). 5.7 Self-doped Ionically Conducting Polymers. References.

Saccharide imprinting of poly(aniline boronic acid) in the presence of fluoride

A new approach for the electrosynthesis of saccharide-imprinted poly(aniline boronic acid) is described. The method involves the formation of a saccharide-aminophenylboronic acid complex in the presence of fluoride to allow the electropolymerization of a self-doped, molecularly imprinted polyaniline. The formation of the anionic monomer complex enables electrochemical polymerization at near neutral pH (5-7) ensuring the incorporation of saccharide in the resulting, self-doped polymer. In this work, films were imprinted with D-fructose where saccharide-aminophenylboronic acid complexation occurred in the presence of one equivalent of fluoride. The selectivity toward D-fructose relative to D-glucose showed an increase of over 25% as a result of imprinting. In addition to the enhanced selectivity, to the best of our knowledge this is the first example of the electropolymerization of a self-doped polyaniline homopolymer under neutral pH conditions.