Soft templates electrospinning

The conventional chemical polymerization of polyaniline only produces nonfibrous or irregular shaped morphologies [237,238], In the past several years, a variety of chemical methods were reported that yield polyaniline nanofibers, such as use of hard templates [239,240], soft templates [241], electrospinning [242], interfacial polymerization [237], and seeding polymerization [238]. Recently, Chiou and Epstein discovered that polyaniline nanofibers can be directly synthesized in dilute chemical polymerization... 

Figure 17.2 Schematic illustration of common methods, such as hard-template, and soft-template methods as well as electrospinning technology, for the preparation of conducting polymer nanostructures.

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