Abstract
Electrically conducting polypyrrole-poly(ethylene oxide) (PPy-PEO) composite nanofibers are fabricated via a two-step process. First, FeCl 3-containing PEO nanofibers are produced by electrospinning. Second, the PEO-FeCl3 electrospun fibers are exposed to pyrrole vapor for the synthesis of polypyrrole. The vapor phase polymerization occurs through the diffusion of pyrrole monomer into the nanofibers. The collected non-woven fiber mat is composed of 96 ± 30 nm diameter PPy-PEO nanofibers. FT-IR, XPS, and conductivity measurements confirm polypyrrole synthesis in the nanofiber.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1599-1603 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Macromolecular Rapid Communications |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 20 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 24 2005 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Materials Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Organic Chemistry
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