title: Biological templated synthesis of water-soluble conductive polymeric nanowires.
abstract: One-dimensional (1D) conductive nanowire is one of the most important components for the development of nanosized electronic devices, sensors, and energy storage units. Great progresses have been made to prepare the 1D-conducting polymeric nanofibers by the low concentration process or the synthesis with hard or soft templates. However, it still remains as a great challenge to prepare polymeric nanofibers with narrow dispersity, high aspect ratio, and good processibility. With the rod-like tobacco mosaic virus as the template, 1D-conducting polyaniline and polypyrrole nanowires can be readily prepared via a hierarchical assembly process. This synthesis discloses a unique way to produce composite fibrillar materials with controlled morphology and great processibility, which can promote many potential applications including electronics, optics, sensing, and biomedical engineering.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Nanocenter, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Zhongwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: L Andrew
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bruckman
authors.forename: Donggao
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Goutam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koley
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D004553:Electric Conductivity; D053758:Nanoparticles; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D043942:Nanotubes; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility