Polypyrrole nanotubes versus nanofibers: A proposed mechanism for predicting the final morphology

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 199, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-44

  Joulazadeh, Mehrnaz ^a   Navarchian, Amir H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Methyl orange; Morphology; Nanostructures; Polypyrrole; Template

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CITRUS FRUITS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MONOMERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; POLYPYRROLES; YARN;

FIBRILLAR MORPHOLOGY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; METHYL ORANGE; POLYMER MORPHOLOGY; POLYPYRROLE NANOTUBES; TEMPLATE; TEMPLATE DEGRADATION; TUBULAR STRUCTURES;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84911941619     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2014.10.036     Document Type: Article

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