Statics and Dynamics of the Diffusion-Limited Polymerization of the Conducting Polymer Polypyrrole

J. H. Kaufman, C. K. Baker, A. I. Nazzal, M. Flickner, O. R. Melroy, and A. Kapitulnik
Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 1932 – Published 5 May 1986
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Abstract

We report experimental studies of the statics and dynamics of diffusion-limited polymerization. The fractals obtained were produced electrochemically from neutral precursors, and have a Hausdorff dimension of 1.74±0.03. The width of the active growth zone increases at the same rate as the fractal radius. The chemical dimensionality determined by scale-dependent conductivity measurement is 0.96±0.04. This implies a value for the spectral dimensionality of 1.26±0.04.

  • Received 23 September 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.1932

©1986 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

J. H. Kaufman, C. K. Baker, A. I. Nazzal, M. Flickner, and O. R. Melroy

  • IBM Research Laboratory, San Jose, California 95913

A. Kapitulnik

  • Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

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Vol. 56, Iss. 18 — 5 May 1986

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