• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Glass‐encapsulated molecular wires: A polypyrrole/porous glass composite*
  • Contributor: Maia, Daltamir J.; De Paoli, Marco‐A; Zarbin, Aldo Jose G.; Alves, Oswaldo L.
  • imprint: Wiley, 1995
  • Published in: Advanced Materials
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1002/adma.19950070906
  • ISSN: 0935-9648; 1521-4095
  • Keywords: Mechanical Engineering ; Mechanics of Materials ; General Materials Science
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  • Description: <jats:p><jats:bold>The production of molecularly isolaed polymers</jats:bold> as molecular wires is a method of controlling the factors, such as microstructure, morphology, counter‐ion, etc., which influence the properties of the material. Here, porous Vycor glass is used as the host material, Cu<jats:sup>2⊕</jats:sup> ions which have been previously introduced into the 20–200 Å pores promoting the polymerization of pyrrole by reduction. The synthesis and properties of the new material are presented.</jats:p>