Abstract
The assembly of aniline molecules was controlled using single-crystalline ice facets that have highly ordered but dissimilarly organized OH groups at the surface. We found a difference in electrical properties of polyaniline nanofilms synthesized on dissimilar ice surfaces; basal, primary prism, and secondary prism planes. We discovered through molecular dynamics that ice-directed self-assembly induced layered structures of aniline monomers depending on enhanced formation of hydrogen bonding network per ice facet. The anilines assembled better-ordered on secondary prism plane and their lattice coincided with a repeat distance of H2O molecules on ice. This resulted in improved electrical properties of polyaniline nanofilms after subsequent polymerization. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 820-825 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Macromolecular Research |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 Nov |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2022, The Polymer Society of Korea and Springer.
Keywords
- degree of ordering
- directed self-assembly
- molecular dynamics
- polyaniline
- single-crystalline ice
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemical Engineering
- Organic Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Materials Chemistry