Boron cluster leveraged polymeric building blocks
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F25%3A10500085" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/25:10500085 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=1BJQCd89rj" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=1BJQCd89rj</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4cs01288g" target="_blank" >10.1039/d4cs01288g</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Boron cluster leveraged polymeric building blocks
Original language description
Boron cluster compounds (BCCs) are inorganic molecules characterized by their unique physical and chemical properties. Polymeric materials incorporating BCCs exhibit significant chemical and thermal stability, making them valuable for applications in biomedical fields, energy storage, ultrahigh stability materials, and pi-conjugated luminochromic polymers. This review article aims to explore the primary methods for integrating these distinctive clusters into traditional carbon-based polymers. Both boron and carbon atoms possess catenation abilities, enabling the formation of extensive macromolecular structures. While carbon forms long linear chains, boron typically leads to three-dimensional polyhedral clusters. We first examine hybrid nanostructures, focusing on weak non-covalent interactions such as dihydrogen bonding, hydrophobic, and chaotropic effects between boron clusters and polymer chains. We then discuss classical chemical bonding approaches. Despite their inorganic nature, boron clusters can undergo exoskeletal substitution akin to organic counterparts, allowing their attachment as side groups to polymer repeating units. Additionally, polyhedral boron clusters can be incorporated into polymer backbones primarily through polycondensation reactions, resulting in hybrid macromolecules with exceptional physical and chemical attributes. Finally, we summarize the applications of BCC-containing polymeric materials, including their use in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) for metal ion batteries, and as electron acceptor groups in stimuli-responsive luminescent materials. In summary, BCC-containing polymeric materials are increasingly considered viable alternatives to traditional hydrocarbon-based polymers for biomedical applications, ion-conducting materials, luminescent materials, and temperature-resistant materials.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10404 - Polymer science
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA20-01233S" target="_blank" >GA20-01233S: Rational design of advanced soft functional materials guided by advanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy and high-performance electron microscopy</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Chemical Society Reviews
ISSN
0306-0012
e-ISSN
1460-4744
Volume of the periodical
54
Issue of the periodical within the volume
9
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
31
Pages from-to
4104-4134
UT code for WoS article
001462163200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105002314525