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Vapor Phase Synthesis of Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites Incorporating 2D Nanoparticles Nastasja Vucaj,† Matthew D. J. Quinn,‡ Curdin Baechler,§ Shannon M. Notley,‡ Philip Cottis,∥ Pejman Hojati-Talemi,⊥ Manrico V. Fabretto,⊥ Gordon G. Wallace,# Peter J. Murphy,⊥ and Drew R. Evans*,⊥ †
Fakultät Angewandte Chemie, University of Reutlingen, Reutlingen, 72762 Germany Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia § Laboratory of Mechanical Systems Engineering, EMPA, Ü berlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf, 8600 Switzerland ∥ Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom ⊥ Thin Film Coatings Group, Mawson Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia 5095, Australia # ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia ‡
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ABSTRACT: The one step fabrication of nanocomposite films of conducting polymers with 2D nanoparticles is investigated in this study. Specifically, the inclusion of nanomaterials (single layer graphene, single layer molybdenum disulfide) within PEDOT is achieved using the vapor phase polymerization (VPP) technique. This facile process allows for the formation of thin films of the order of less than 200 nm, which display a wide range of enhanced properties (mechanical, optical, and electrochemical). Herein, in a typical example with added graphene (
