Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Conducting Polymer Nano-Objects

Autor: Martín F. Broglia, Mabel Bertuzzi, Evelina Frontera, Cesar A. Barbero, Maria C. Miras, Rebeca Edith Rivero, Claudia R. Rivarola, Viviana Rivarola, Damián O. Peralta, Edith Inés Yslas, Diego F. Acevedo
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 521:214-228
ISSN: 1563-5287
1542-1406
Popis: Two different approaches are used to produce conducting polymer nano-objects. One is a “top-down” approach which involves laser ablation of conducting polymer films using laser light interference patterns (direct laser interference patterning, DLIP) to produce various surface shapes, including nanowires and nanodots. Polyaniline(PANI) and polypyrrole (PPy) nanostructures could be easily produced by ablation of films, previously formed by in-situ polymerization of the aromatic monomers. The other is a “bottom-up” approach involving the controlled nucleation and growth during monomer polymerization. This is achieved by performing the polymerization at the interface of two immiscible solvents. Both kinds of nanomaterials are characterized using dynamic light scattering, TEM, EDAX, FTIR, UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy. The structures are studied by SEM-FIB, optical and fluorescence microscopy along with water contact angle. It is shown that nanometric sized structures can be made by both methods. The ch...
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