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Chemical Communications

Facile synthesis of polypyrrole coated copper nanowires: a new concept to engineered core–shell structures†

Yang Liu,a   Zhen Liu,a   Ning Lu,b   Elisabeth Preiss,a   Selcuk Poyraz,a   Moon J. Kimbc  and  Xinyu Zhang*a  

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a Department of Polymer and Fiber Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, USA
E-mail: xzz0004@auburn.edu
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b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA

c Department of Nanobio Materials and Electronics, World Class University, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Korea

Abstract

Polypyrrole coated copper nanowires were synthesized in a one-pot manner in the presence of cupric precursor and pyrrole. They displayed ultra-high sensitivity as a potentiometric sensor with considerable environmental stability comparable to noble metals.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC16961D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Nov 2011
Accepted
12 Jan 2012
First published
16 Jan 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 2621-2623

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Facile synthesis of polypyrrole coated copper nanowires: a new concept to engineered core–shell structures

Y. Liu, Z. Liu, N. Lu, E. Preiss, S. Poyraz, M. J. Kim and X. Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 2621 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16961D

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