| Abstract
| - With an average diameter of 150−340 nm and a conductivity of 10-1−100 S/cm, nanostructures (e.g., nanotubes or nanorods) of polyaniline (PANI) were synthesized by a self-assembly method inthe presence of inorganic acids (e.g., HCl, H2SO4, HBF4, and H3PO4) as dopants. It was found that themorphology, size, and electrical properties of the resulting nanostructures depended on the dopantstructures and the reaction conditions. In particular, all these PANI nanostuctures showed hydrophilicfeatures, and the contact angles with water were measured to be about 27−40° depending on the dopant.The FTIR spectrum, UV−vis absorption spectrum, XPS, and X-ray diffraction were used to characterizethe molecular structures of the nanostructures. It was found that their main chain structure and electricstructure were identical to those of the emeraldine salt form of PANI. The micelles formed by aniliniumcations act as the template like in the formation of PANI nanostructures.
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