✦ LIBER ✦
Self-Assembling Sub-Micrometer-Sized Tube Junctions and Dendrites of Conducting Polymers
✍ Scribed by Z. Wei; L. Zhang; M. Yu; Y. Yang; M. Wan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 194 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0935-9648
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✦ Synopsis
Sub‐micrometer‐sized tube junctions and dendrites of conducting polyaniline (e.g., see Figure) and polypyrrole have been synthesized through a self‐assembly process for the first time. It is shown that the monomer–dopant micelles act as templates for the self‐assembly of sub‐micrometer‐sized tubes, while the interactions among the polymer chains supply the driving force for micelle aggregation and the formation of junctions and dendrites.