Nanofiber Seeding is a process to control the bulk morphology of chemically synthesized conducting polymers.
A new synthetic approach, called nanofiber seeding,1 was developed to control the bulk morphology of chemically synthesized electronic organic polymers.
Hence only catalytic amounts (4mg) V2O5 nanofibers are needed prior to onset of polymerization, which significantly change the bulk morphology of the polymer precipitate.
Moreover, single-walled carbon nanotube and nano fibrous hexapeptide can be also used as templating seeds.
This method can be extended to all major classes of conducting polymers, including polypyrrole, PEDOT and other polythiophenes etc.23 Nanofiber seeding is a convenient approach to obtain thin, substrate-supported, transparent films of nanofibers of conducting polymers without requiring any bulk processing steps.