Shape-controlled synthesis of polypyrrole/Ag nanostructures in the presence of chitosan.
Polypyrrole (PPy)-coated Ag nanoparticles and nanowires were fabricated through the redox reaction between pyrrole monomer and silver nitrate in the presence of chitosan. The morphologies, compositions, and electrochemical activities of PPy/Ag composites were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and Cyclic voltammetry. The synthetic route employed here is simple and inexpensive and can be extended to prepare other conducting polymer/inorganic nanocomposites.
Feng
Xiaomiao
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Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
Huang
Haiping
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Xu
Lin
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Zhu
Jun-Jie
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Hou
Wenhua
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