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Helical Superstructure of Conductive Polymers as Created by Electrochemical Polymerization by Using Synthetic Lipid Assemblies as a Template
Author(s) -
Hatano Tsukasa,
Bae AhHyun,
Takeuchi Masayuki,
Fujita Norifumi,
Kaneko Kenji,
Ihara Hirotaka,
Takafuji Makoto,
Shinkai Seiji
Publication year - 2004
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/anie.200351749
Subject(s) - superstructure , polymerization , cyclic voltammetry , cationic polymerization , polymer , conductive polymer , electrochemistry , pyrrole , materials science , electrical conductor , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , polymer science , chemistry , electrode , organic chemistry , physics , composite material , thermodynamics
A templating method is used to create conductive polymers that have a helical superstructure. The driving force is an electrostatic interaction between the negative charge in a synthetic lipid and the cationic charge generated in the polymers during oxidative electrochemical polymerization of ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) and a pyrrole (see picture; CV=cyclic voltammetry).