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Hexagonal spiral prismatic polypyrrole nanorods prepared by chemical oxidation

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Polypyrrole (abbr. PPy) with an obvious regular hexagonal section and spirally layered structure was synthesized via chemical oxidation method, in which indigo carmine (abbr. IC) and FeCl3 were used as the dopant and oxidant, respectively. The hexagonal spiral prismatic PPy nanorod should stem from the area-limited polymerization of pyrrole monomer in the hexagonal spiral prismatic micelles of IC-Fe (II) chelate which were changed from the previous formed cylindrical IC micelles through the chelated combination between the carbonyl oxygen atom of IC molecule and Fe2+ reduced from Fe3+.

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We would like to express our great thanks to the financial support from the following foundations: Science and Technology Support Program Project of Sichuan Province (2013GZ0049) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and its Continuous Project (SWJTU09CX051).

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Transportation Tunnel Engineering (Ministry of Education), Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, China

    Yanbin Li, Jing Zhai, Shuchun Hu, Jing Cui & Mengqiu Zheng

  2. State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Chaoliang Zhang

  3. School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, China

    Yanping Yuan

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Li, Y., Zhai, J., Hu, S. et al. Hexagonal spiral prismatic polypyrrole nanorods prepared by chemical oxidation. Colloid Polym Sci 293, 329–332 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-014-3425-3

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