Studies of electropolymerisation of sodium 2-(3-thienyl)ethyl sulfonate

Authors

Huijun Zhao, University of Wollongong
F Chen, University of Wollongong
Trevor Lewis, University of Wollongong
William E. Price, University of WollongongFollow
Gordon G. Wallace, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

67373

Publication Details

Zhao, H., Chen, F., Lewis, T., Price, W. E. & Wallace, G. G. (1997). Studies of electropolymerisation of sodium 2-(3-thienyl)ethyl sulfonate. Reactive and Functional Polymers, 34 (1), 27-36.

Abstract

In the present communication, the electropolymerisation of sodium 2-(3-thienyl)ethyl sulfonate (TES) and the copolymerisation of sodium 2-(3-thienyl)ethyl sulfonate monomer with pyrrole in an aqueous medium are reported. ]t has been shown that TES can be oxidised/polymerised in an aqueous solution. The polypyrrole/polyTES copolymer can tie obtained from a mixed solvent system. The polymers obtained (either in solution or on the electrode surface) were characterised using NMR, mass spectroscopy and/or elemental analysis.