RIS ID
20284
Abstract
The synthesis of poly(pyrrole), poly(terthiophene), and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) with unusual fibrillar morphologies has been achieved by chemical polymerization in a biphasic ionic liquid/water system. Use of aqueous gold chloride as the oxidant, with the monomers dissolved in a hydrophobic ionic liquid, allows the polymerization to occur at the ionic liquid/water interface. The resultant conducting polymer fibrils are, on average, 50−100 nm wide and can be thousands of nanometers long. The polymers produced in this ionic liquid system are compared to those synthesized in a biphasic chloroform/water system.
Grant Number
ARC/FF0669110
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Publication Details
Pringle, J., Ngamna, O., Lynam, C., Wallace, G. G., Forsyth, M. and MacFarlane, D. (2007). Conducting polymers with fibrillar morphology synthesized in a biphasic ionic liquid/water system. Macromolecules, 40 (8), 2702-2711.