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Nanofiber Formation in the Chemical Polymerization of Aniline: A Mechanistic Study
Author(s) -
Huang Jiaxing,
Kaner Richard B.
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.200460616
Subject(s) - nanofiber , polymerization , aniline , polyaniline nanofibers , materials science , polyaniline , chemical engineering , agglomerate , interfacial polymerization , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , chemistry , polymer , composite material , organic chemistry , monomer , engineering
Stirring stuff : The morphological evolution of polyaniline from nanofibers to agglomerates during its chemical polymerization shows that the key to producing pure nanofibers is to suppress secondary growth after formation of the nanofibers. A simple and effective method for the synthesis of nanofibers was thus developed in which the polymerization is carried out in a rapidly mixed single‐phase reaction (see scheme).