ABSTRACT
A composite material consisting of electrically conductive polyaniline deposited on the surface of multiwall carbon nanotubes has been synthesized. Enzymatic synthesis was carried out in the presence of Trametes hirsuta laccase immobilized on the nanotube surface. The obtained composite was morphologically uniform, and its electrochemical capacity and stability were much higher than those of a composite synthesized according to the conventional chemical procedure.
Subject(s)
Aniline Compounds/chemistry , Enzymes, Immobilized/chemistry , Laccase/chemistry , Electric Conductivity , Laccase/metabolism , Nanotubes, Carbon/chemistry , Polymerization , Surface PropertiesABSTRACT
Enzymatic methods of synthesis of conducting polymers, physicochemical properties of the resulting products, and mechanisms of the reactions are considered. The enzymes involved in oxidative polymerization of monomers are briefly characterized. Examples of practical application of enzymatically synthesized conducting polymers are given.
