Electrochemical synthesis of pyrrole through a polystyrene opal matrix

Authors
Misoska, V Price, W Ralph, S Wallace, G
Citation
V. Misoska et al., Electrochemical synthesis of pyrrole through a polystyrene opal matrix, SYNTH METAL, 121(1-3), 2001, pp. 1501-1502
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
SYNTHETIC METALS
ISSN journal
03796779 → ACNP
Volume
121
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1501 - 1502
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-6779(20010315)121:1-3<1501:ESOPTA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Conducting Polypyrrole/Cl- (Ppy/Cl) has been electrochemically prepared bet ween the open void spaces in polystyrene synthetic opal crystal. The synthe tic opal was formed by the sedimentation of colloidal polystyrene (ca. 315 nm) to produce self-assembled face centered cubic (fcc) films exhibiting op alescence. The voids between the colloids were filled by polypyrrole grown through opal deposited onto Indium-Tin-Oxide (ITO) glass slide or platinum coated PVFD filter. Electrochemical studies as well as UV-visible spectrosc opic studies were conducted.