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NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 13, Issue 6, Pages 750-755Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/13/6/311
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Conducting nanotubes of polyaniline (PANI) about 80-180 nm in diameter were synthesized by a chemical template-free method in the presence of D-10-camphorsulfonic acid (D-CSA) as the dopant, and ammonium persulfate ((NH4)(2)S2O8) as the oxidant. The effect of synthetic conditions, such as the molar ratio of D-CSA to aniline (An), the concentration of D-CSA in the polymerization media, the reaction temperature and time, on the morphology and size as well as the electrical properties of the PANI-(D-CSA) was investigated. It was found that the above synthetic conditions, especially the molar ratio of D-CSA to An, strongly affected the morphology and formation probability of the resulting PANI. The micelles formed by D-CSA and anilinium cations act as the templates in the formation of PANI-(D-CSA) nanotubes.
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