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Synthesis and Characterization of a Fluid-Like Novel Aniline Pentamer

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A fluid-like novel aniline pentamer was synthesized by oxidative coupling and chemically doped with nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether sulfate (NPES). The chemical structure, morphology, rheological behavior and conductivity of the assynthesized aniline pentamer were investigated. Unlike conventional aniline oligomers, this aniline pentamer exhibited a fluid-like behavior in the absence of any solvent at room temperature. Moreover, the aniline pentamer fluid showed liquid crystal characteristics. Combination of the fluid-like behavior, liquid crystal characteristics and good conductivity makes the aniline pentamer a promising environmentally friendly fluid for various applications such as field-effect transistors, liquid crystal devices, electrorheological materials, corrosion protection and other devices requiring electroactivity. This work provides a facile way to synthesizing flowable aniline oligomers with liquid crystal characteristics.

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  1. These authors Mengkui Wang and Jing Huang equally contributed to this work.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, P. R. China

    Mengkui Wang, Quanling Yang, Zhikang Liu, Lijie Dong, Shan Wang & Chuanxi Xiong

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430073, P. R. China

    Jing Huang

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Acknowledgments: This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51673154, 51503159, 51503158) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2016-YB-011).

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Wang, M., Huang, J., Yang, Q. et al. Synthesis and Characterization of a Fluid-Like Novel Aniline Pentamer. Macromol. Res. 26, 233–237 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-018-6033-0

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