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Nanowire Formation of Liquid Crystalline Epoxy/Polyaniline Nanorods Using Temperature Gradient Method
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- Authors
- Issue Date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Citation
- Adv. Funct. Mater. 2005, 15, 1877
- Keywords
- Alumina, anodic ; Nanowires ; Polyaniline ; Template-directed assembly/synthesis
- Abstract
- Liquid crystalline epoxy/polyaniline (LCE/PANI) composite nanowires have been fabricated using an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membrane by a temperature-gradient curing process. PANI nanorods with an average diameter of 30 nm have been synthesized by dispersion polymerization in order to employ them as a curing agent for LCE and as a reinforcement filler for the LCE/PANI composite nanowires. Differential scanning calorimetry and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy indicate that the LCE crosslinking reaction occurred inside the channels of the AAO membrane via the curing of LCE with PANI nanorods. The LCE/PANI composite nanowires exhibit an enhanced electrical conductivity and thermal stability, comparable with a LCE/PANI composite monolith. In addition, these polymer-composite nanowires also display the characteristics of a functionally gradient conducting material.
- ISSN
- 1616-301X
- Language
- English
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