Preparation of surface initiated polystyrenesulfonate films and PEDOT doped by the films

Stimuli responsive amphiphilic block copolymers for aqueous media synthesised via reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerisation (RAFT)

“…Another alternative that has been explored are responsive polymers based on redox Polymer 46 (2005) reactions. Such systems show often efficient stimuli responsiveness, as strongly hydrophilic ionic groups are added or removed to/from the system [10][11][12][13]. But again, good bistability and reversibility in combination with marked changes of the hydrophilic-hydrophobic balance are hard to achieve simultaneously.…”

In situ atomic force microscopy in the study of electrogeneration of polybithiophene on Pt electrode

“…Among the various SPM techniques, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) have been extraordinarily useful for obtaining images of the electrode surface directly, also under a controlled polarisation potential [14][15][16][17][18][19]. In particular, AFM and electrochemical AFM have been extensively used in the study of the polymer deposition process at varying the polymerisation conditions, such as type of substrate, solvent, supporting electrolyte, temperature, etc., as well as in the investigation of the polymerisation procedure [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. Among CPs, polypyrrole (PPy) has been widely studied using SPM techniques.…”

Physico-Chemical and Electrochemical Properties of Si-Ti-Ni Alloy Modified with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)

“…The STN alloy employed in this study consists of 65.0, 17.5, and 17.5 atomic % of silicon, titanium, and nickel, respectively. For the surface modification, in-situ polymerization was carried out via an oxidative chemical polymerization of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT, Sigma-Aldrich) [15,18]. The desired amount of EDOT was dissolved in 10.0 mL of distilled water/methanol (1:1 v/v) solution [19] with vigorous stirring because the methanol can aid to dissolve EDOT in aqueous medium despite of its low solubility [20].…”