Showing papers in "Synthetic Metals in 2012"

TL;DR: In this article, the progress of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT)-based thermoelectric (TE) materials having been made in recent years is presented.

TL;DR: The study confirmed that polyaniline has not induced any sensitization and skin irritation either and cytotoxicity, which was higher for polyAniline hydrochloride compared to polyanILine base and was observed on both cell lines, was caused rather by the reaction by-products and residues than by polyanile itself.

TL;DR: In this article, a batch-sorption system using eco-friendly polymer/bio-polymer composite (polyaniline/chitosan) as an adsorbent was investigated to remove sulfonated dyes from aqueous solution.

TL;DR: In this article, the thermoelectric properties of polyaniline/graphene nanosheets (PANI/GNs) bulk composite pellets and films have been prepared with PANI to GNs weight ratios ranging from 4:1 to 1:1.

TL;DR: LiFePO4 is a potential green cathode material for lithium-ion power batteries in the 21st century for its high theoretical capacity, stable voltage plateau of 3.5 V vs. Li/Li+, good stability both at room temperature and high temperature, excellent cycling performance, high safety, low raw material cost, no pollution, and rich source of raw materials as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, a PAN-lignin copolymer with acrylonitrile (AN) was used for the production of low-cost carbon fibers, which showed the presence of the C N group of PAN co-eluting with ether, hydroxyl, and aromatic groups that are attributed to lignin.

TL;DR: In this paper, a facile chemical oxidation polymerization approach was used to synthesize PPy/ZnO composites with varying amounts of zinc oxide (0.20 -20 kg) via facile chemolymmetric polymerization and XRD, FT-IR, TGA, DSC, SEM and four-probe method respectively.

TL;DR: In this paper, the fabrication of polyaniline (PANI)/carbon nanotube (CNT) nanohybrids using a novel approach of CNT-templated polymerization process was reported.

TL;DR: In this paper, a magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotubes/ferrite (NiFe2O4) nanocomposite was prepared by physical mixing and X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy confirm the preparation of the ferrite nanoparticles.

TL;DR: In this article, a one-step synthesis of Ni/graphene nanocomposites via a substrate-free, atmospheric-pressure chemical vapor deposition process is presented. But the synthesis process is not described.

TL;DR: In this article, a fuzzy network of polyaniline thin film is successfully synthesized for ammonia gas detection application using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), transmission electron microscope and optical absorption studies.

TL;DR: In this article, a transparent conducting film (TCF) with high flexibility was successfully prepared by using graphene oxide (GO) and silver nanowire (Ag NW) hybrids.

TL;DR: In this paper, the opto-electrical and photovoltaic properties of polyazomethines with fluorene moieties in the main chain were presented and the polymer solar cells devices were fabricated by spin coating the blend solution of the three polymers as donor and PCBM as acceptor.

TL;DR: In this article, a simple and inexpensive successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method was used to obtain polythiophene thin films at room temperature.

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between surface morphology of poly ortho aminophenol (POAP) films and synthesis conditions was investigated, and it was found that the morphology of POAP varies with the synthesis conditions of the pulse.

TL;DR: The phase composition of the composite materials was analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) as discussed by the authors, and the thermoelectric properties of composite powders, after cold pressing into pellets, were measured at temperatures between 293 and 423 K.

TL;DR: In this paper, the conductivity and solubility of polypyrrole (PPy)/graphene composites has been successfully synthesized by in situ chemical oxidation polymerization using various concentrations of cationic polyelectrolyte poly(styrenesulfonate) (PSS) and ammonium peroxodisulfate (APS).

TL;DR: The first charge transfer complexes of tetrathiafulvalene (1) with 1,2,5-chalcogenadiazole derivatives, i.e. with [1, 2,5]thiadiazolo[3, 4-c][1,2.5] thiadiaole (2) and 3,4-dicyano-1.2, 5-telluradiazoles (3), were designed, prepared in the form of air and thermally stable single crystals and structurally defined by X-ray diff

TL;DR: Cell experiments with PC12 cells demonstrate that this scaffold is cytocompatible and the electrical stimulation of these microstructures promotes neurite outgrowth and orientation.

TL;DR: In this article, a high-conversion synthesis of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) by chemical oxidative polymerization was studied.

TL;DR: In this paper, a camphor sulfonic acid (CSA)-doped polypyrrole-zinc oxide (PPy-ZnO) hybrid sensor was used for detecting NO2 at room temperature.

TL;DR: In this paper, polypyrrole (Ppy) nanoparticles were synthesized by surfactant-directed chemical oxidation method and confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors characterized the properties of a transparent oxygen barrier film in which graphene oxide (GO) was used as the barrier material, and the deposited film displayed excellent oxygen barrier properties, decreasing the oxygen transmittance rate (OTR) to 0.05 cc/m 2 ǫ day.

TL;DR: In this article, hollow poly(aniline-co-pyrrole) with significant electromagnetic properties were successfully prepared via the oxidative polymerization of a mixture of aniline and pyrrole in the presence of a magnetic fluid, using a non-ionic surfactant as a template.

TL;DR: In this paper, the design and synthesis of a novel hole transporting materials (HTMs) with a central unit of adamantine and peripheral groups of triarylamine moieties was reported.

TL;DR: In this paper, the phase composition of the composite materials was analyzed by X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectra, and the thermoelectric properties of the cold pressed composite pellets with different GNs loadings were measured at room temperature.

TL;DR: In this paper, the β-diketone ligand, 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-phenylpropane-1,3-dione (MPPD), and its binary Eu(III) complexes Eu-MPPD) 3, ternary complexes eu(MPPD)-3 ·Bipy with 2,2-dipyridine (BipY) and Eu-(MPPD-3 ·Phen with 1,10-phenanthroline (Phen) were prepared.

TL;DR: In this paper, poly(2-aminothiazole) derivatives were synthesized by chemical oxidative polymerization method using 2-AT, 2-ABT and 6-ethoxy-2aminobenzothiazoles (EtO -2ABT) as the monomers.

TL;DR: In this article, a bioelectric battery that uses polypyrrole doped with a biological polyelectrolyte (dextran sulfate, an anti-coagulant) as the cathode and bioresorbable Mg alloy (AZ61) as anode was developed.

TL;DR: In this article, the structural, morphological and electro-magnetic properties of the nanocomposites were performed by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), four-probe conductivity tester and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM).