Stimuli-Responsive Multiacceptor Conjugated Polymers: Recent Trend and Future Direction

Abstract

Apart from the visual effects, geometric shapes of materials play an important role in their engineering and biomedical applications. Responsive materials-based patient-specific anatomical models provide better insights into the structure and pathology. Polymers are by far the most utilized class of materials for advanced science and technology. Because of these properties, these polymers have been used as functional coatings, thermoplastics, biomedical materials, separators, and binders for Li-ion batteries, fuel cell membranes, piezoelectric devices, high-quality wires and cables, and so on. Reactive to stimuli because of their unusual electrical characteristics and adaptability, stimuli-responsive multiacceptor conjugated polymers have been a prominent focus of materials science study. These polymers combine several electron-accepting units inside their conjugated backbone, resulting in increased functionality and responsiveness to a variety of stimuli. The production, workings, and wide range of applications of stimuli-responsive multiacceptor conjugated polymers are the focus of this review.