Long nanofibers of conducting electronic polymers and their blends and also
conventional polymers are conveniently fabricated in air by a non-mechanic
al electrostatic dispersion method. All fibers in a given preparation of ce
rtain polymers have diameters < 100nm. Fibers of 100% doped polyaniline as
well as its blends in polymers such as polystyrene and polyethylene oxide h
ave been prepared. Current/voltage in addition to conductivity/temperature
relationships of single fibers as small as 419 nm have been obtained. Polya
crylonitrile and polystyrene fibers can be easily and uniformly coated from
aqueous solution with conducting polypyrrole or with gold by electroless d
eposition. Polyacrylonitrile fibers can be thermally converted to conductin
g carbon nanofibers.