Elsevier

Synthetic Metals

Volume 93, Issue 1, 28 February 1998, Pages 59-64
Synthetic Metals

AFM studies of polypyrrole film surface morphology I. The influence of film thickness and dopant nature

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Abstract

In this paper the surface morphology of electrogenerated polypyrrole films of various thicknesses and dopant anions (chloride, sulfate, perchlorate and dodecylsulfate) as studied by atomic force microscopy under ex situ conditions is reported. The roughness characteristics of the film surface are determined and discussed.

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