Nanofibers polythiophene

Merlo, J.A. and Frisbie, C.D., Field effect transport and trapping in regioregular polythiophene nanofibers, J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 19169-19179, 2004. 

Polythiophene derivates are polymers of great interest, widely used in organic electronics. Thus, the utilization of polythiophene nanofibers could open the path to the development of nanostructured organic electronics with a high surface area for a range of applications. El-Aufy, in his PhD thesis, studied poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene)/ poly(styrenesulfonate) PEDOT/PSS nanofibers and nanocomposites using PAN as a... 

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Nanofibers of conducting polymers such as those spun from polyaniline (PANi) are particularly well suited for use in conductivity sensors. Polymers commonly explored in sensor research include PANi, polythiophene (PT), poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT), and polypyrrol (PPy), sometimes with other constituents, to enhance their sensing capability. Some of these such as PANi (Norris et al. 2000 Zhu et al. 2006a) and PPy (Kang et al. 2005 Nair et al. 2005) (as well as their hlends), can be readily electrospun into nanofibers. Polyaniline is somewhat unique in that its doped state can be controlled by the pH of the medium, allowing it to exist either as the emaraldine base or as the salt (Scheme 8.1). Simple acids and... 

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