Highly flexible polyelectrolyte nanotubes.
A pressure-filter-template approach was employed to prepare polyelectrolyte nanotubes through layer-by-layer deposition in the alumina template. With the thicker wall, the ordered polymer nanotubes possess a high flexibility. The results demonstrate that the electrostatic interactions of polyelectrolytes play a key role in fabricating water-soluble charged polymer nanotubes. The structure of the polyelectrolyte nanotube was confirmed by SEM, TEM, and UV, respectively.
Ai
Sufen
S
International Joint Lab, Key Lab of Colloid and Interface Science, The Center for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhong Guan Cun Beijing 100080, P. R. China.
Lu
Gang
G
He
Qiang
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Li
Junbai
J