Tadpole-shaped polymers based on UV-induced strain promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction

In the present study, we synthesized well-defined tadpole-shaped polystyrene(PS) via the combination of atom transfer radical polymerization(ATRP) and UV-induced strain promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddtion(SPAAC) reaction. A di-bromo ATRP initiator(Br-ini-Br) containing cyclopropenone-masked dibenzocyclooctyne group was used to prepare the linear PS with a cyclopropenone-masked dibenzocyclooctyne in the middle of the chain and bromo groups at both ends(Br-PS-Br). Then we used the single electron transfer-nitroxide radical coupling(SET-NRC) reaction to transfer the bromo end groups to azide groups(N_3-PS-N_3). After UV irradiation, the dibenzocyclooctyne group was quantitatively released, and intramolecularly reacted with alternative azide end group to produce the tadpole-shaped PS based on SPAAC reaction.

Controllable substitutional vanadium doping in wafer-scale molybdenum disulfide films

Substitutional atomic doping of transition metal dichalcogenides(TMDs)in the chemical vapor deposition(CVD)process is a promising and effective strategy for modifying their physicochemical properties.However,the conventional CVD method only allows narrow-range modulation of the dopant concentration owing to the low reactivity of the precursors.Moreover,the growth of wafer-scale monolayer TMD films with high dopant concentrations is much more challenging.Herein,we report a facile doping approach based on liquid precursor-mediated CVD process for achieving high vanadium(V)doping in the MoS_(2)lattice with excellent doping uniformity and stability.The lateral growth of the host MoS_(2)lattice and the reactivity of the V precursor were simultaneously improved by introducing an alkali metal halide as a reaction promoter.The metal halide promoter enabled the wafer-scale synthesis of V-incorporated MoS_(2)monolayer film with excessively high doping concentrations.The excellent wafer-scale uniformity of the highly V-doped MoS_(2)film was confirmed through a series of microscopic,spectroscopic,and electrical analyses.