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4705892 
Journal Article 
Synthesis of Polypyrrole within Polymeric Nanotemplates in Aqueous Environment 
Li, X; Malardier-Jugroot, C 
2011 
CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP 
BOCA RATON 
Technical Proceedings of the 2011 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2011 
1 
16-19 
English 
WOS:000394060200005 
Amphiphilic alternating copolymer poly(styrene-alt-maleic anhydride) (SMA) was reported to be used as nanotemplates to fabricate polypyrrole nanowires in aquous environment. Previously we studied the mechanism of polypyrrole synthesis through ab intio computational calcualtions [1]. We conlcuded that both water and confinement effect of the nano templates have impacts on polypyrrole synthesis. In this paper, we will use experimental characterization techniques such as IR, UV-vis, TEM, DLS and SANS to confirm the theoretical calculation and explore the confined enironment impact on polypyrrole synthesis. 
polypyrrole; confinement effects; nanotemplates; polystyrene-block-polyacrylic acid (PS-b-PAA) 
Laudon, M; Romanowicz, B; 
978-1-4398-7142-3 
NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo 
Boston, MA