Current Trends in Sensors Based on Conducting Polymer Nanomaterials
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Name | Structure |
---|---|
Polypyrrole (PPy) | |
Polyaniline (PANI) | |
Polythiophene (PTh) | |
Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) |
2. Fabrication of Conducting Polymer Nanomaterials
Products | Templates | |||
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Solid-Phase | Ref. | Molecular | Ref. | |
Nanospheres Nanocapsules | Nanospheres | [10] [11,12] | Spherical micelles | [13] [14] |
Nanorods/fibers Nanotubes | Porous matrices | [15,16,17] [18,19] | Rod-like micelles | [20,21] [22,23] |
Nanofibers Nanotubes | Nanorods | [24,25] [26] | Liquid crystals | [27,28,29] |
2.1. Solid-Phase Template Synthesis
2.2. Molecular Template Synthesis
2.3. Template-Free Synthesis
3. Sensor Applications
3.1. Chemical Sensors
3.2. Biosensors
3.3. Others
4. Summary and Outlook
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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