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Micro- and nano-structured conducting polymeric materials

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Conducting polymeric materials with micro-/ nano-structures have potential applications in fabrication of various optical, electronic, sensing and electrochemical devices. This is mainly because these materials not only possess the characteristics of conducting polymers, but also have special functions based on their micro- or nano-structures. In this review, we summarize the recent work on “soft” and “hard” template-guided syntheses of micro-/nano-structured conducting polymers and open up the prospects of the main trends in this field.

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Lu, G., Chen, F., Wu, X. et al. Micro- and nano-structured conducting polymeric materials. Chin.Sci.Bull. 50, 1673–1682 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1360/982005-670

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