Highly oriented lamellar polyaniline films via electrochemical polymerization and post-growth annealing

Abstract

A simple and effective way to fabricate highly oriented lamellar PANI films is presented. The lamellae inside the as-grown films lie parallel to the surface of the electrode with a few degrees of misorientation. Upon post-growth annealing at ∼80 °C, they are all re-oriented to almost perfectly parallel to the surface.