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Electropolymerization on wireless electrodes towards conducting polymer microfibre networks

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  • Yuki Koizumi

    (Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

  • Naoki Shida

    (Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

  • Masato Ohira

    (Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

  • Hiroki Nishiyama

    (Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

  • Ikuyoshi Tomita

    (Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

  • Shinsuke Inagi

    (Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Abstract

Conducting polymers can be easily obtained by electrochemical oxidation of aromatic monomers on an electrode surface as a film state. To prepare conducting polymer fibres by electropolymerization, templates such as porous membranes are necessary in the conventional methods. Here we report the electropolymerization of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene and its derivatives by alternating current (AC)-bipolar electrolysis. Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) derivatives were found to propagate as a fibre form from the ends of Au wires used as bipolar electrodes (BPEs) parallel to an external electric field, without the use of templates. The effects of applied frequency and of the solvent on the morphology, growth rate and degree of branching of these PEDOT fibres were investigated. In addition, a chain-growth model for the formation of conductive material networks was also demonstrated.

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  • Yuki Koizumi & Naoki Shida & Masato Ohira & Hiroki Nishiyama & Ikuyoshi Tomita & Shinsuke Inagi, 2016. "Electropolymerization on wireless electrodes towards conducting polymer microfibre networks," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-6, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms10404
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10404
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    1. Kamila Janzakova & Ismael Balafrej & Ankush Kumar & Nikhil Garg & Corentin Scholaert & Jean Rouat & Dominique Drouin & Yannick Coffinier & Sébastien Pecqueur & Fabien Alibart, 2023. "Structural plasticity for neuromorphic networks with electropolymerized dendritic PEDOT connections," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
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