Chemical synthesis and morphology of β-naphthalene sulfonic acid-doped polypyrrole micro/nanotubes

Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-55

  Akinyeye, Richard ^a   Sekota, Mantoa ^a   Baker, Priscilla ^a   Iwuoha, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Naphthalene sulfonic aciddoped polypyrrole; Polypyrrole nanofibre; Polypyrrole nanotubes; SEM of polypyrrole

Indexed keywords

MONOMERS; NANOTUBES; NAPHTHALENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

Β-NAPHTHALENE SULFONIC ACIDDOPED POLYPYRROLE; POLYPYRROLE NANOFIBRE; POLYPYRROLE NANOTUBES; SEM OF POLYPYRROLE;

POLYPYRROLES;

EID: 33644972003     PISSN: 1536383X     EISSN: 15364046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15363830500540900     Document Type: Article

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