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Hierarchical Crystalline Superstructures of Conducting Polymers with Homohelicity
Author(s) -
Yan Yong,
Zhang Yajie,
Hu Wenping,
Wei Zhixiang
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201000999
Subject(s) - nanofiber , polyaniline nanofibers , polyaniline , materials science , polymer , nanotechnology , molecule , conductive polymer , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , polymerization
Tuning hierarchical superstructures of helical nanofibers : Helical conducting polyaniline (PANI) nanofibers can self‐assemble into linear nanofibers, branched nanofibers, and microribbons by controlling their aggregation processes. Structural studies indicated that helical PANI molecules are arranged normal to the long axis of nanofibers, which is very similar to the arrangement of peptides in β sheets (see figure).