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Conducting and Superhydrophobic Rambutan‐like Hollow Spheres of Polyaniline
Author(s) -
Zhu Y.,
Hu D.,
Wan M. X.,
Jiang L.,
Wei Y.
Publication year - 2007
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.200602135
Subject(s) - materials science , polyaniline , aniline , micelle , nanofiber , dopant , sulfuric acid , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , polyaniline nanofibers , composite material , organic chemistry , polymer , doping , metallurgy , chemistry , optoelectronics , aqueous solution , engineering , polymerization
Superhydrophobic polyaniline (PANI) hollow spheres (see figure and cover) with high conductivity were self‐assembled by using perfluorooctane sulfuric acid (PFOSA) as both dopant and soft template. It is proposed that these spheres are formed by a co‐operative effect of two self‐assembly processes: spherical micelles composed of PFOSA serve as a “microreactor” and PFOS/aniline salt micelles act as the soft template of the PANI nanofibers.