Soluble self-aligned carbon nanotube/polyaniline composites

Polymerization of polyaniline in the presence of carbon nanotubes results in a soluble carbon nanotube/polyaniline composite (Figure, left) displaying enhanced thermal and electrical properties. Polyaniline in the proximity of nanotubes grows in a more planar conformation due to strong pi-pi interactions simultaneously stabilized by self-organization of the nanotubes, thus forming aligned bundles of micrometer lengths (Figure, right).