A novel template-free route to synthesis of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) nanofibers

Recently, much attention has been paid on the synthesis of micro- and nanostructured conducting polymers for their unique properties and promising potential applications innanodevices [1–4]. Among conducting polymers nanostructures explored for organic electronics, PEDOT nanostructures have been much investigated for its applications in organic light-emitting diodes, field emission, organic field effect transistors, etc [5]. It is difficult to obtain aPEDOT nanostructure with high conductivity by a simple chemical method without a template. Due to the abovereasons, it would be highly desirable for PEDOTnanomaterials to be fabricated in the absence of additional structure controlling reagent when considering the economic and green factors of fabrication