Controlled synthesis of conducting polymer nanostructures

Abstract

Conducting polymers have been extensively investigated using as electronic materials, while the control of the molecular arrangement in nanostructures as well as the nanostructures themselves is extremely important to improve their performance. Herein, we report a controllable synthesis of conducting polymer nanostructures. Firstly, we prepared helical conducting nanofibers with predominately one-handed helical conformation of polymers by a chemical polymerization. Secondly, a general electrochemical strategy was developed to synthesize vertically aligned conducting polymer nanostructures, including nanotubes and nanofibers.