Dear George,

Happy New Year!

Today is my first working day after the lunar New Year although it is still in
Winter Holiday. I am glad to receive your email very much.

With best regards.


"George Z. Chen" wrote:

> Dear CSCST Members,
>
> As the Chinese New Year is approaching here (but already started in China), it
> is good time for me, one the owners of this discussion list, to express my
> sincere wish of happiness and good luck to you all in the year of snake. Let's
> also wish this discussion list become more and more active.
>
> Taking this opportunity, I would like to propose to every member to email the
> abstract(s) of her/is published papers to this mailing lists so that other
> members will be able to know who is doing what and, more importantly, after
> reading the paper, to raise questions and to promote chemical communications and
> discussions.
>
> To start with, I have attached the abstract of one of my papers at the end of
> this email. Hope you may follow.
>
> gei3 nin2 bai4 nian2!
> gong1 xi2 fa1 cai2
>
> GZC at Cambridge
>
> ***************************
> Carbon nanotube and polypyrrole composites: Coating and doping
>
> by George Z. Chen et al
> ADVANCED MATERIALS, 12: (7) 522 APR 4 2000
>
> This work focuses on the combination of the complementary properties of carbon
> nanotubes and polypyrrole, following an electrochemical route to the formation
> of a novel composite material.  Electrochemical techniques and microscopy were
> used to demonstrate unprecedentedly the anionic dopant behaviour of the
> nanotubes within the polymer films, and to indicate how the presence of
> nanotubes can improve the conductivity.  High resolution electron microscopy
> revealed the individual nanotubes to be uniformly coated with polypyrrole, which
> formed bridges between the nanotubes to give dense composite films.

--Jiandong
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Prof. Dr. Jiandong DING
Department of Macromolecular Science
Fudan University
Shanghai 200433, CHINA

Tel: 86-21-65642531(o)
Fax: 86-21-65640293(o)

http://www.polymer.fudan.edu.cn/science/group/ding/index.htm