Electrically conducting polymers were prepared through a systematic photopolymerization of polypyrrole with the incorporation of Group 1B
metal particles. The structural and morphological properties of incorporated metal nanoparticles were examined with respect to the role of the
metals ions, nature of substrates, exposure time, and monomer counterion ratios. Elemental analysis confirmed the identities of the particles
with sizes on the order of hundreds of nanometers in diameter. A mechanism is proposed for the formation of metal nanostructure during
photopolymerization.
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