Alignment control of polythiophene chains with mesostructured silica nanofibers having different pore orientations.

Baocheng Yang, Manda Xiao, Chunmei Zhao, Shouren Zhang, Aiyun Jiang, Jianfang Wang

Index: Small 8(13) , 2021-6, (2012)

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Abstract

Alignment control of polythiophene chains with mesostructured silica nanofibers through an organic-inorganic co-assembly approach is realized. Cationic ammonium surfactants with a polymerizable thiophene end group are synthesized and subsequently used as structure-directing agents to grow silica nanofibers with two different pore architectures. In situ polymerization produces mesostructured polythiophene-silica nanofibers with the polymer chains aligned along the pore channels.Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.