Abstract
This contribution describes our studies of electrochemically grown conducting polymer (CP) films. We used an instrumental system which enables simultaneous optical (ellipsometric) and microgravimetric (Quartz-Crystal-Microbalance) measurements in situ during CP film growth and during electrochemical cycling. Our paper reviews recent results obtained with this system in the study of films of polyaniline and of polypyrrole in aqueous systems which provides information on film growth mechanisms and on the dependence of film morphology on electrochemical growth conditions and postgrowth treatments. We describe recent measurements of morphological changes in electrochemically grown films of polyaniline induced by the application of electrochemical undoping-redoping cycles.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1293-1298 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Synthetic Metals |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 22 Mar 1993 |
Externally published | Yes |