title: Highly aligned ultrahigh density arrays of conducting polymer nanorods using block copolymer templates.
abstract: Ultrahigh density arrays of conducting polypyrrole (PPy) nanorods are fabricated directly on the indium-tin oxide coated glass by an electropolymerization within a porous diblock copolymer template. The nanorods are shown to have conductivity much higher than thin PPy films, due to the high degree of chain orientation, even though the separation distance for two neighboring PPy main chains is as small as 0.37 nm. The ultrahigh density arrays of conducting polymer nanorods have potential applications as sensor materials, nanoactuators, and organic photovoltaic devices.
authors.affiliation: National Creative Research Center for Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Kyungbuk, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong In
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Shin Hyo
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Su-Moon
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jin Kon
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jai Kyeong
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae-Woong
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Young Chul
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Russell