Ws. Yin et al., HIGH-QUALITY CONDUCTIVE POLYPYRROLE WITHIN A SECONDARY CROSS-LINKED INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORK, Journal of applied polymer science, 65(1), 1997, pp. 1-4
A high-quality conductive polypyrrole was prepared within a secondary
crosslinked interpenetrating polymer network by chemical oxidative pol
ymerization, whose conductivity is high up to 0.25 S/cm only with 0.9%
polypyrrole. The ''microfiber'' structure of polypyrrole was characte
rized by scanning electron microscopy, polarizing microscopy, and smal
l angle X-ray diffraction. The formation of the microfiber was strongl
y dependent on the structure of the matrix. This might provide a new m
ethod for the preparation of conductive microfibers. (C) 1997 John Wil
ey & Sons, Inc.