Published October 10, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Gold nanoparticle/polypyrrole bi-layer film formed through a solution-based seeding growth process

  • 1. Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers (Fudan University), Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200433 (China)

Description

Gold nanoparticles (NPs)/polypyrrole (PPy) bi-layer film was fabricated through a solution-based seeding process. The growth of the gold layer has been studied by the use of a field emission scanning electron microscope and UV-vis spectroscope. The results demonstrated that the PPy chains served as the reductant of chloroauric acid and the ligands to stabilize gold NPs. The resulting gold/PPy bi-layer film has a high conductivity of approximately 300 S cm-1 and can be fabricated into actuators because of its anistropic structure

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.matchemphys.2005.10.033;
PII
S0254-0584(05)00769-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Materials Chemistry and Physics
Journal Volume
99
Journal Issue
2-3
Journal Page Range
p. 253-257
ISSN
0254-0584
CODEN
MCHPDR

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