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Fabrication of Ultrafine Conducting Polymer and Graphite Nanoparticles
Author(s) -
Jang Jyongsik,
Oh Joon H.,
Stucky Galen D.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20021104)41:21<4016::aid-anie4016>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - graphite , materials science , nanoreactor , nanoparticle , polymer , nanotechnology , polycarbonate , polypyrrole , carbonization , fabrication , polymerization , microemulsion , conductive polymer , carbon nanotube , chemical engineering , composite material , pulmonary surfactant , scanning electron microscope , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
Graphite nanoparticles , with diameters as small as 2 nm (see picture) can be fabricated by the carbonization of polypyrrole nanoparticles of similar dimensions, which have been prepared by a low‐temperature polymerization technique in which a micellar microemulsion acts as a “nanoreactor”. The graphite nanoparticles exhibit excellent transparent conductive performance in a polycarbonate medium, and may be envisaged as a substitute for carbon nanotubes.