Morphology studies of polyaniline lengthy nanofibers formed via dimers copolymerization approach

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3402-3408

  Sun, Qunhui ^a   Deng, Yulin ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Copolymerization; Dimer; Morphology; Nanotechnology; Polyaniline

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; COPOLYMERIZATION; DIMERS; MONOMERS; NANOFIBERS; OLIGOMERS; POLYANILINE; POLYMERS;

FORMATION MECHANISMS; HOLLOW NANOFIBERS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 55149108533     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.07.026     Document Type: Article

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