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Experimental and theoretical methods have been used for characterization of the properties of polypyrrole films. The AFM studies show that the morphology of polypyrrole (PPy) films on polycrystalline gold electrodes at the first stages of synthesis depends on the structure of the metal surface. It was established that mobility of anions depends remarkably on the rate of electrodeposition of the polymer film. If PPy film was deposited at relatively low current density, mobility of ClO- 4 anion was not high enough to guarantee electroneutrality during redox cycling and cations take part in this process especially when Li+ cations were replaced by more mobile К+ cations. Semiempirical (AM1 and PM3) quantum-chemical methods were used for theoretical studies. It was established that different size and charge of the anions together with the variation in doping levels give rise to a different optimal conformation of oligopyrrole cations which, in turn, define the resulting polymer to be either all-anti (common linear chains) or all-syn (formation of helical structures) or a combination of the two.
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Tamm, J., Johanson, U., Marandi, M. et al. Study of the Properties of Electrodeposited Polypyrrole Films. Russian Journal of Electrochemistry 40, 344–348 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:RUEL.0000019674.41564.01
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