Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/15/12/020
Title: Self-assembled oriented conducting polyaniline nanotubes
Authors: Xia, H. 
Chan, H.S.O. 
Xiao, C. 
Cheng, D.
Issue Date: Dec-2004
Citation: Xia, H., Chan, H.S.O., Xiao, C., Cheng, D. (2004-12). Self-assembled oriented conducting polyaniline nanotubes. Nanotechnology 15 (12) : 1807-1811. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/15/12/020
Abstract: We report a chemical route capable of making template-free, pure, and oriented polyaniline (PANI) nanotubes (60-130 nm in diameter) in bulk quantities containing azobenzene groups, which exhibited trans-cis photoisomerization upon irradiation with UV light. The specific morphology of the oriented PANI nanotubes with hair-like fibrils on the wall was confirmed by SEM and TEM images. The effects of reaction conditions on the morphology of PANI nanostructures were studied. A 'cylindrical micelle' model based on the interaction between the structure-directing agent (the hydrophobic moiety) and the aniline cations was proposed to interpret the formation of PANI nanostructures.
Source Title: Nanotechnology
URI: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/76939
ISSN: 09574484
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/15/12/020
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