Polypyrrole is a material known for its photothermal properties, meaning it's particularly good at converting solar light into thermal heat.
There are some studies subjecting the use of counter anions with
polypyrrole [21, 26-28].
[18] have utilized Fe[Cl.sub.3] as an oxidant for chemical synthesis of
polypyrrole nanowire arrays for gas sensing applications.
The report encompasses the three-step procedure for synthesizing loaded nanotubes: (1) loading of
polypyrrole layer on the CNT surface; (2) loading of the corrosion inhibitor; and (3) loading of polyacrylic acid layer on inhibitor-loaded CNTs.
We describe here for the first time a general supramolecular approach toward controlled in situ synthesis of one-dimensional nanostructured conductive hydrogels (
polypyrrole [PPy] as a model system) using a rational dopant counterion, which is a disc-shaped liquid crystal molecular copper phthalocyanine-3,4',4",4"'-tetrasulfonic acid tetrasodium salt (CuPcTs).
This is a variant spelling of
polypyrrole, which can be found in The Oxford English Dictionary, where it is defined as "a polymer of pyrrole, especially one that is a solid material which conducts electricity when doped with protons or other charge carriers".
In situ chemical oxidation method was followed to synthesize the
polypyrrole, and was used to remove the acid violet 43 from aqueous solution.