Polypyrrole (PPy) hybrid films incorporated with porous carbide-derived carbon (CDC) particles are synthesized through a novel one-step electrochemical synthesis process that provides a simple and efficient alternative for current tape-casting and inkjet printing technologies to make conducting polymer-CDC-based electroactive composites. The resulting porous, robust and electrically conductive ...

The electrochemical behavior of solution species at electrodes consisting of a conductive polymer layer, produced by incorporation of tetrathiafulvalenium ( T T P ) bromide into the cation-exchange polymer Nafion, on various substrates (Pt, Ta, SnO,, n-Si) is described. The voltammetric behavior of the solution species Fe(CN),'and Fey2(where Ye = ethylenediaminetetraacetate) at the Nafion-TTF' ...

The electropolymerization of 7,14-diphenylacenaphtho[1,2-k ]fluoranthene on a platinum or indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode produces an electroactive film which displays fluorescence and electrochromism. We report a study of the electrochemical properties and other characteristics of this film, such as the resistance dependence by the potential applied to the electrode. In particular, the film s...

Novel hand-held optical coherence tomography (OCT) probes with polymer cantilevers have been developed for clinical oral and skin imaging. An electroactive ionic polymer-metal composite cantilever was used to generate 3-mm transverse scanning movement of an optical fiber with applied 2-V linear alternating voltage at 1 Hz. Low driving voltage ensures safety. Two different optical designs achiev...

In our work we have focused on the incorporation of Prussian Blue nanoparticles (NP) into polyelectrolyte multilayer films (PEM). The main goal of presented studies was to obtain polymer/nanoparticles films with controlled electroactive properties. The amount and ordering of deposited nanoparticles depended on the adsorption conditions of the underlying polymer anchoring layer. In the case of f...