Title: Design and Development of Truxene-Related Porous Polymers for Environmental Applications
Author: Nayara Méndez Gil
Supervised by: Berta Gómez-Lor and Mohammad Afsar Uddin
When: February, 13, at 12PM
Where: Salón de Actos, ICMM
Abstract: This doctoral thesis focuses on the design, synthesis, and application of truxene- and triindole-based porous organic polymers (POPs) with versatile semiconducting and structural properties. Various synthetic strategies, including click chemistry, Suzuki coupling and Friedel-Crafts reactions, were employed to develop sustainable, metal-free materials for environmental and energy-related applications. The work is organized into four main areas: (i) adsorption, detection, and photocatalytic degradation of emerging water pollutants using fluorescent triazole-functionalized polymers; (ii) donor–acceptor polymers for the detection of nitroaromatic explosives and photocatalysis of toxic agent simulants; (iii) nitrogen-rich polymers for efficient iodine capture and their application as cathodes in zinc–iodine batteries; and (iv) triazine-based polymers for heterogeneous photocatalysis in selective organic transformations. Overall, the results demonstrate the potential of truxene-derived POPs as multifunctional platforms for pollutant remediation, sensing, and sustainable energy technologies.
