Chemically modified polypyrrole film

Chemically Modified Conducting Polypyrrole Film Electrodes... 

Recognizing that the conducting polypyrrole films can be chemically modified (.1,2), the phenyl substituent assumes a particularly important role because it provides a means of introducing a wide selection of functional groups into the polymer. With this objective in mind, we have prepared a series of N-arylpyrrole polymers and find the thin poly-N-(p-nitrophenyl)pyrrole films of particular interest because they combine the electroactive properties of nitrobenzene and polypyrrole. With this combination, the polymer can be switched electrochemically between the cationic, neutral, and anionic form. 

CG Wu, CY Chen. Chemical deposition of ordered conducting polypyrrole films on modified inorganic substrates. J Mater Chem 1997 7 1409-1413. 

Among polymer coated electrodes which have been the object of active investigations during this last decade, particular attention has been paid to the conductive polypyrrole films, obtained by electrooxidation of pyrrole in acetonitrile. Such electrodes have been used to study the electrochemical behaviours of the quinone-hydroquinone redox couple " and tetrathiafulvalene , The controlled release of ferrocyanide from polypyrrole by reduction of the polymer has been demonstrated . As an application, electroinactive anions can be determined using a polypyrrole modified electrochemical detector in flow-injection analysis. Pyrrole can be polymerized from aqueous solutions. Enlarging the modification field, the polymerization step may be preceded by a chemical reaction between pyrrole and another substrate . 

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