Conducting polymer—solid electrolyte fibrillar composite material for adaptive networks

Abstract

The non-linear electrical characteristics of a polymeric electrochemically controlled junction based on a conducting polymer (polyaniline) and a solid electrolyte (Li⁺ doped polyethylene oxide) are considered as basic features for the realization of smart materials based on the statistical occurrence of such heterojunctions in statistical networks. In this paper we demonstrate the possibility of realizing such adaptive networks in a statistically mixed polymeric fibrillar heterostructure.