Morphological effects of Ni nanostructures on electropolymerization of aniline
(1579–1586) Journal of Applied Polymer  Science 122 #3 (2011)
Eftekhari and Yazdani, Iran, prepared the Ni substrate electrodes by casting various samples of Ni nanoparticles having different morphologies.  Since the Ni nanoparticles are the beginning sites for the polymer growth, polyaniline morphology is strongly controlled by the nature of the Ni nanoparticles associated with chemical properties rather than geometrical shape.  In conclusions, although the substrate surfaces had a similar nanostructure, but due to the difference in their chemical properties, the morphologies electrochemical behaviors of the polyaniline films electrodeposited on these substrates are significantly different.  (RDC 7/19/2011)