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Alignment Control of Polythiophene Chains with Mesostructured Silica Nanofibers Having Different Pore Orientations
Author(s) -
Yang Baocheng,
Xiao Manda,
Zhao Chunmei,
Zhang Shouren,
Jiang Aiyun,
Wang Jianfang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201200036
Subject(s) - polythiophene , nanofiber , cationic polymerization , materials science , polymerization , polymer , thiophene , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , conductive polymer , organic chemistry , chemistry , composite material , engineering
Alignment control of polythiophene chains with mesostructured silica nanofibers through an organic–inorganic co‐assembly approach is realized. Cationic ammonium surfactants with a polymerizable thiophene end group are synthesized and subsequently used as structure‐directing agents to grow silica nanofibers with two different pore architectures. In situ polymerization produces mesostructured polythiophene−silica nanofibers with the polymer chains aligned along the pore channels.
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