title: Controlled aniline polymerization strategies for polyaniline micro- and nano self-assembling into practical electronic devices.
abstract: Electroless polymerization of aniline on platinum is investigated for polyaniline micro- and nanostructuring into practical electronic devices. This type of reaction is adapted to estimate its usefulness in a lithographic process. For practical electronic device fabrication, electroless polymerization of aniline can be used to electrically bridge initially independent platinum electrodes. As this application requires a polyaniline bridge to form over a nonconductive material before an electrical contact is obtained, polyaniline growth using chemical oxidative reaction is investigated on substrates presenting surface-tension contrast patterns.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie et de Physique des Materiaux (PCPM), Universite catholique de Louvain, Place Croix du Sud 1, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. sami.yunus@uclouvain.be
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yunus
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Attout
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bertrand