Dilute Anionic Surfactant Solution Route to Polyaniline Rectangular Sub-microtubes as a Novel Nanostructure
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- 1 April 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
- Vol. 112 (16) , 5014-5019
Abstract
A facile and low-cost approach has been developed for tailoring polyaniline rectangular sub-microtubes as a novel nanostructure of a conducting polymer in dilute sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) solution by the oxidation polymerization of aniline at room temperature. It was found that the size and uniformity of polyaniline rectangular sub-microtubes could be appropriately adjusted by tuning the concentration of aniline and the molar ratio of oxidant to aniline, respectively. The morphological evolution of rectangular sub-microtubes under different reaction times has been followed, and a possible formation mechanism has also been discussed in this report. The directing role of other anionic surfactants with −SO3- as the hydrophilic group for constructing polyaniline rectangular sub-microtubes has been investigated in detail.Keywords
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