Nanowires hierarchical assembly

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Figure 2.15 The highly oriented conducting PANI-NFs formed in the complexes of the PAN emeraldine base with a phosphoric acid-terminated PEO (from Table of Contents of Reference 302). (Reprinted with permission from Macromolecules, Highly Oriented Nanowires from the Hierarchical Self-Assembly in Supramolecular Complex of Polyaniline with Lu-Methoxypoly(ethylene oxide) Phosphates by B. Nandan,J.-Y. Hsu, A. Chiba etai, 40,3, 395-398. Copyright (2007) American Chemical Society)...

B. Nandan, J.-Y. Hsu, A. Chiba, H.-L. Chen, C.-S. Liao, S.-A. Chen, and H. Hasegawa, Highly oriented nanowires from the hierarchical self-assembly in supramolecular complex of polyaniline with )-methoxypoly(ethylene oxide) phosphates. Macromolecules, 40, 395-398 (2007). 

It is noteworthy that self-assembly of anisotropic nanostructures, such as nanorods or nanowires, into well-controlled hierarchical arrangements represents a challenge in view of the integration of such nano-objects with unique properties within functional nanodevices for optoelectronic, information storage, catalysis, etc. that are frontier areas of research in chemistry and materials science. 

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