Thermally triggered polyrotaxane translational motion helps proton transfer

Proton exchange is critical in many applications, such as in conductive proton exchange membranes, but achieving fast proton exchange still remains a challenge. Here the authors report fast proton exchange in a rotaxane based polymer by exploiting thermally triggered translational motion of the mech...

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Main Authors: Xiaolin Ge, Yubin He, Xian Liang, Liang Wu, Yuan Zhu, Zhengjin Yang, Min Hu, Tongwen Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04733-4