We report that dispersions and functionalizations of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with different
dispersing methods and dispersing agents result in SWNTs with different electronic structures and surface chemistries.
By In-situ polymerizing conducting polymer (here, polyaniline boronic acid (PABA)) in the presence of these SWNTs,
we obtained composites with different chemical structures of PABA, different arrangement and distribution of the
SWNTs, and dramatically different conductive properties. We also found the polymerization rates are very different
depending on the electronic fingerprint and surface chemistry of the carbon nanotubes. We applied a series of techniques
to characterize the produced composites and studying the electronic and molecular interactions in the composites to
understand these remarkable effects.
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