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Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol.27, No.7, 563-569, 2006
Synthesis of highly hydrophilic polyaniline nanowires and sub-micro/nanostructured dendrites on poly(propylene) film surfaces
Polyaniline (PANI) nanowires and sub-micro/nanostructured dendrites are synthesized and immobilized on PP-g-PAA film surfaces via routine oxidative polymerization of aniline under different conditions, where grafting poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) served as a template and dopant, and SDS as a surfactant. The immobilized PANI enhances the surface hydrophilicity of the poly(propylene) (PP) films, and a superhydrophilic Surface is obtained in this way. The mechanism of forming different morphologies of PANI and of correspondingly obtaining a superhydrophilic surface are briefly discussed.
Keywords:dendrimers;high hydrophilicity;nanowires;polyaniline;sub-micro/nanostructured dendrites;surfaces;surface self-assembly