Controlled growth of polyaniline fractals on HOPG through potentiodynamic electropolymerization

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 5893-5899

  Bhattacharjya, Dhrubajyoti ^b   Mukhopadhyay, Indrajit ^a  

^a PANDIT DEENDAYAL PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG/AGCL; BOX-COUNTING; CONTROLLED GROWTH; DIFFUSION LIMITED; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; FRACTAL GROWTH; HCL SOLUTION; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; OXIDATION POTENTIALS; POTENTIODYNAMIC ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; POTENTIODYNAMIC SWEEPING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIMPLE CELL; SURFACE ANISOTROPY; SWEEP RATES;

CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; DENDRIMERS; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; POLYANILINE;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 84859583481     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la3006184     Document Type: Article

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