Conjugated Polymers with Self‐Immolative Sidechain Linkers for Carbon Nanotube Dispersion (Small 28/2024)

Carbon Nanotubes In article number 2310257, Xiao Yu and Alex Adronov describe a conjugated polymer bearing self‐immolative sidechains. The sidechains are stabilized with an end‐cap (“lock”) that is easily “unlocked” with an appropriate “key”. The polymer disperses single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), and treatment with the “key” enhances the conductivity of polymer‐SWNT thin films by nearly 60‐fold, allowing current to flow.