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
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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.
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