title: Macroporous conductive polymer films fabricated by electrospun nanofiber templates and their electromechanical properties.
abstract: We demonstrate a facile method to fabricate macroporous poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly (4-styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT/PSS) films with empty channels by using electrospun nanofiber as a sacrificial template. The channels within the PEDOT/PSS films were prepared by depositing PEDOT/PSS aqueous dispersion onto poly (vinyl pyrrolidone)/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PVP/PMMA) nanofiber template, and then the nanofibers were removed by solvent extraction. The average diameter of the channels is 313±45 nm, which is almost the same as the parent PVP/PMMA nanofibers. The macroporous PEDOT/PSS film with the empty channels showed an enhancement of electromechanical properties compared to the nonporous PEDOT/PSS film.
authors: Department of Functional Polymer Science, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Ueda 386-8567, Japan.
authors: Jian
authors: J
authors: Zhou
authors: Qiang
authors: Q
authors: Gao
authors: Tadashi
authors: T
authors: Fukawa
authors: Hirofusa
authors: H
authors: Shirai
authors: Mutsumi
authors: M
authors: Kimura