Novel synthesis of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) nanotubes and hollow micro-spheres

Xu Sheng Du; Cui Feng Zhou; Yiu Wing Mai

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2009.04.021

Novel synthesis of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) nanotubes and hollow micro-spheres

Xu Sheng Du, Cui Feng Zhou, Yiu Wing Mai

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Abstract

A series of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) nanomaterials are prepared in aqueous solution without using any organic solvent, acid, surfactant and porous hard template. PEDOT can be tuned into different shapes, such as nano-tubes, spheres and vesicle-like particles by simply adjusting the experiment conditions. The different nanostructured products show similar electrochemical voltammogram behavior, though XRD and FTIR analysis indicate some different doping level and crystallity between them. The formation of different shaped polymer particles is supposed to be associated with the self assembly growth of the formed reactive EDOT species.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1590-1593
Number of pages	4
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	63
Issue number	18-19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2009.04.021
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Conductive polymer
Hollow sphere
Nanomaterials
Nanotube
PEDOT
Self assembly

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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