Conductive polyaniline helixes self-assembled in the absence of chiral dopant.

Chen Li, Jun Yan, Xiujie Hu, Tong Liu, Chenghua Sun, Shizhuo Xiao, Jiantao Yuan, Ping Chen, Shuyun Zhou

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 49(11) , 1100-2, (2013)

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Abstract

The morphological evolution of PANI helixes was achieved without the use of chiral dopants, but by a facile process through the generation of onion-like multi-lamellar vesicles used as a novel soft-template and a liquid crystal acting as a promoter for PANI polymerization and self-assembly, which is a breakthrough for the synthesis of helical structures.