Preparation of Polythiophene and Poly(3- Dodecyl Thiophene) Containing Carbon Nanotube, via Chemical Oxidation Polymerization

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have unique electrical and mechanical properties combined with chemical stability which makes them potential candidates to serve as building blocksfor several device architectures in chemical sensors, hydrogen energy storage, field emission materials, catalyst support,electronic devices, etc [1]. The embedding of carbon nanotubes in conducting polymeric matrices such as polythiophene, polyaniline, ans PPV, for variousnanocomposites material is now a popular subject in nanotube research. The research is fuelled by the hope of delivering theproperties of CNTs to the composites. Among the various conducting polymers, polythiophene (PT) has always been one of the more likely candidates because of its high stability ofdoped and undoped states, ease of structural modification and controllable electrochemical behaviour. The highlyprocessable substituted Recently the composites of polythiophene with CNTs were reported in the application of organic light emitting diodes