Capsulation of carbon nanotubes on top of colloidally templated and electropolymerized polythiophene arrays

摘要

We describe the capsulation of colloidally templated polythiophene (P3-TAA) arrays with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) after colloidal template electropolymerization. The dissolution of the polystyrene (PS) particle templates, which were assembled via the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB)-like technique, allowed the formation of hollow-shell Janus type arrays. Two/three-dimensional (2-D/3-D) colloidal particle arrays are of high interest in various research fields, such as lithography, optical sensors, photonic band gap devices, and photonic crystals.