US EPA

1256770 

Journal Article 

Controlled synthesis of transition metal/conducting polymer nanocomposites 

Liu, Z; Liu, Y; Zhang, L; Poyraz, S; Lu, N; Kim, M; Smith, J; Wang, X; Yu, Y; Zhang, X 

2012 

1 

Nanotechnology
ISSN: 0957-4484
EISSN: 1361-6528 

23 

33 

335603 

English 

22842608 

10.1088/0957-4484/23/33/335603 

WOS:000307251600011 

A novel displacement reaction has been observed to occur between conducting polymers (CP) and metal salts which can be used to fabricate nanostructured CP-metal composites in a one-pot manner. Vanadium pentoxide (V (2)O(5)) nanofiber is used during the synthesis as the reactive seeds to induce the nanofibril CP-metal network formation. The CP-metal nanocomposites exhibit excellent sensory properties for hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) detection, where both high sensitivity and a low detection limit can be obtained. The sensory performance of the CP-metal composite can be further enhanced by a facile microwave treatment. It is believed that the CP-metal nanofibril network can be converted to a carbon-metal network by a microwave-induced carbonization process and result in the sensory enhancement.