Template Synthesis of Polypyrrole Nanofibers Insulated within One‐Dimensional Silicate Channels: Hexagonal versus Lamellar for Recombination of Polarons into Bipolarons

Abstract

Very different electronic properties are found in the hexagonal and lamellar nanocomposite films (see schematic representations) prepared by dilution of a pyrrole-containing surfactant with nonpolymerizable surfactants in a sol–gel-based template polymerization. The hexagonal composite film comprises a thin polypyrrole nanocable covered with an insulating silicate channel.