Atomic force microscopy image of aligned nanofibrils of a highly conducting plastic (IMAGE)

Carnegie Mellon University

Atomic force microscopy image of aligned nanofibrils of a highly conducting plastic

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Atomic force microscopy image of aligned nanofibrils of a highly conducting plastic. Each nanofibril is made of stacks of regioregular polythiophene (RRP) molecules. Charge carriers move particularly well along the length of RRP molecules, perpendicular to the rows of nanofibrils.

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Image courtesy of Tomasz Kowalewski, Carnegie Mellon University

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