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Soluble Self‐Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Polyaniline Composites
Author(s) -
Sainz R.,
Benito A. M.,
Martínez M. T.,
Galindo J. F.,
Sotres J.,
Baró A. M.,
Corraze B.,
Chauvet O.,
Maser W. K.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200400921
Subject(s) - polyaniline , carbon nanotube , materials science , nanotube , polyaniline nanofibers , composite material , polymerization , carbon nanotube metal matrix composites , composite number , carbon nanobud , planar , carbon nanotube actuators , micrometer , nanotechnology , optical properties of carbon nanotubes , polymer , computer graphics (images) , physics , computer science , optics
Polymerization of polyaniline in the presence of carbon nanotubes results in a soluble carbon nanotube/polyaniline composite (Figure, left) displaying enhanced thermal and electrical properties. Polyaniline in the proximity of nanotubes grows in a more planar conformation due to strong π–π interactions simultaneously stabilized by self‐organization of the nanotubes, thus forming aligned bundles of micrometer lengths (Figure, right).