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Pickering emulsion-polymerized conducting polymer nanocomposites and their applications

Shang Hao Piao, Chun Yan Gao, and Hyoung Jin Choi

Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, Korea

E-mail: hjchoi@inha.ac.kr

Abstract: The fabrication of conducting polymer nanocomposites via the Pickering emulsion polymerization process has become a spotlight of the research recently. One of the excellent applications of such conducting polymer nanocomposites is as an electrorheological (ER) fluid, which is a special type of smart suspension with controllable fluidity under an electric field. In this short review, we summarize the range of core–shell-structured conducting polymer nanocomposites synthesized by the Pickering emulsion method and their ER applications.

Keywords: Conducting polymer; Nanocomposite; Pickering emulsion; Electrorheological fluid

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.1007/s11696-016-0050-2

Chemical Papers 71 (2) 179–188 (2017)