title: Conducting polymer nanostructures and their application in biosensors.
abstract: Nowadays, functionalized conducting polymer nanomaterials have been received great attention in nanoscience and nanotechnology because of their large surface area. This article reviews various methods for synthesis of conducting polymer nanostructures and their applications in sensing materials, focusing on hard-template, soft-template and other methods and the formation mechanism of conducting polymer nanostructures by these methods. Conducting polymer nanostructures, such as nanotubes, nanowires, and nanoparticles, as sensing platforms for various applications are also summarized.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, PR China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Zhixiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Meixiang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wan
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers