Carbon nanotube stabilised emulsions for electrochemical synthesis of porous nanocomposite coatings of poly[3,4-ethylene-dioxythiophene].
The amphiphobic nature of carbon nanotubes allows them to stabilise droplets of water-insoluble monomers dispersed in the aqueous nanotube suspension, leading to a flexible route to electrochemical synthesis of useful nanoporous composites of nanotube doped conducting polymers, and potentially to other chemistry involving reactants incompatible in the same medium.
Peng
Chuang
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School of Chemical, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UKNG7 2RD.
Snook
Graeme A
GA
Fray
Derek J
DJ
Shaffer
Milo S P
MS
Chen
George Z
GZ
D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / Q000737:chemistry*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004655:Emulsions / Q000737:chemistry; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity; D013499:Surface Properties
D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D004655:Emulsions; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D011108:Polymers; C121383:poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene)