Okay, so, we did a thing. Writing a post a few weeks later as the manuscript is up in its properly styled electronic form. Here is a new #article on #electrochemical #copolymerization of #hydroquinone and #PEDOT, which is essentially its title. Apart from checking whether it's actually a #copolymer (rather than a composite), we adjusted synthesis parameters, studied charge transfer a bit, and threw in a little something regarding probable use as an #energy storing #ElectrodeMaterial.
There are also bits and pieces of other methods relevant to our ongoing projects, but the most curious thing for me personally (and the one that led me to near-exhaustion a few times when I thought that a fluke is an “aha!” moment) is the possibility of mixing two relatively simple compounds, bashing them with pulsed potential repeatedly and getting an outcome of a nice capacitive/conducting PEDOT response, on top of which we can have however much we want (well, up to about two-thirds) redox response of hydroquinone.
Anyway, we’ve been cooking for 2 years, because each time something happened, it did the result more interesting, until we were finally—well, not satisfied exactly—but sure that it would be compelling as a published article.
The link is here:
https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TA07307J

Derived from #cellulose and a conductive polymer called #PEDOT, #eSoil emerges as an #environmentally friendly and low-#energy alternative to traditional #hydroponic substrates.
https://indianf.com/electronic-soil-hydroponics-sustainable-agriculture/#:~:text=Derived%20from%20cellulose%20and%20a%20conductive%20polymer%20called%20PEDOT%2C%20eSoil%20emerges%20as%20an%20environmentally%20friendly%20and%20low%2Denergy%20alternative%20to%20traditional%20hydroponic%20substrates.