Atomic force microscopy observation of insulated molecular wire formed by conducting polymer and molecular nanotube
| Autor: | Kohzo Ito, Takeshi Shimomura, Tomonori Akai, Takumi Abe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Conductive polymer
Nanotube Materials science Atomic force microscopy General Physics and Astronomy Nanotechnology Insulator (electricity) chemistry.chemical_compound Molecular wire chemistry Natural rubber visual_art Polyaniline visual_art.visual_art_medium Mica substrate Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Composite material |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Chemical Physics. 116:1753-1756 |
| ISSN: | 1089-7690 0021-9606 |
| DOI: | 10.1063/1.1446423 |
| Popis: | Inclusion complex formation between a conducting polymer, polyaniline (PANI) with emeraldine base, and a molecular nanotube synthesized from α-cyclodextrin (α-CD) has been studied by atomic force microscopy. We observed a rodlike inclusion complex of PANI and the molecular nanotube on mica substrate at room temperature. The height of this structure is nearly equal to the outside diameter of α-CD and almost uniform along the whole length of the structure, which indicates that a conducting wire of PANI is fully covered by molecular nanotubes as insulator. Accordingly, this inclusion complex can be regarded as insulated molecular wire. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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