One-dimensional conducting polymer nanocomposites: Synthesis, properties and applications  Review Article
( 671-712) Progress in Polymer Science 36 #5 (2011)
Lu  et al of Jilin University, China, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan and Drexel University, Pennsylvania, reviewed the synthesis of one-dimensional (1D) conducting polymer nanocomposites and their properties and applications.  Nanocomposites consist of conducting polymers and one or more components, which can be carbon nanotubes, metals, oxide nanomaterials, chalcogenides, insulating or conducting polymers, biological materials, metal phthalocyanines and porphyrins, etc.  Applications of 1D conducting polymer nanocomposites described include electronic nanodevices, chemical and biological sensors, catalysis and electrocatalysis, energy, microwave absorption and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, electrorheological (ER) fluids, and biomedicine.  It is anticipated that 1D conducting polymer nanocomposites will play an important role in various fields of nanotechnology.  (RDC 4/7/2011)