The search for the ideal, environmentally friendly and preferably cheap solvent has been a persistent topic in general chemistry. Hence, the effort in the development of “green” solvents and processes skyrocketed in the recent past. However, a replacement of solvents does not deal with the problem at hand – it is just a small fix, not a big innovation. Taking this into consideration, what is the big innovation needed in chemistry? If one considers solvents as the problem, then the logical step is to simply get rid of them altogether. One approach to conduct reactions in the absence of solvents is mechanochemistry. Initiated and/or sustained by mechanical energy, mechanochemical reactions offer a sustainable alternative to many wet-chemical methods. Innovative uses thereof have made their way into the fields of pharmaceuticals, material synthesis and, foremost, organic chemistry, where the vast potential of this rediscovered field has been demonstrated. In this context, I have dedicated this thesis to establish mechanochemical protocols for the fields of polymers and nanographenes. Both of those topics are, at the moment, dominated by solution-based synthesis, although the compounds produced are hardly soluble.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:32337 |
| Date | 04 December 2018 |
| Creators | Grätz, Sven |
| Contributors | Borchardt, Lars, Kaskel, Stefan, Technische Universität Dresden |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:doctoralThesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 10.1039/C7GC00693D, 10.1039/C8CC01993B, 10.1039/C8TA03684E, 10.1039/C6RA15677K |
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