Fabrication of conducting polymer/noble metal composite nanorings and their enhanced catalytic properties

Abstract

We have described a soft-template method that allows the one-pot fabrication of ring-like conducting polymer/noble metal nanocomposites. An insoluble complex of (CTA)₂PdBr₄ was used as a template and the composite nanorings were synthesized via the redox reaction between PdBr₄²⁻ and the monomer.