Fabrication of a novel polypyrrole/poly(methyl methacrylate) coaxial nanocable using mesoporous silica as a nanoreactorElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: FTIR spectra, XRD patterns and TEM images. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b0/b006197m/
Abstract
We report on the fabrication of a polypyrrole/poly(methyl methacrylate) coaxial nanocable through the sequential polymerization of methyl methacrylate and pyrrole monomers inside the channels of mesoporous SBA-15 silica, followed by the removal of the silica template.