polypyrrole
Sign in to saveclass=skin-invert-image|thumb|Polypyrrole class=skin-invert-image|thumb|Pyrrole can be polymerised electrochemically. Polypyrrole (PPy) is an organic polymer obtained by oxidative polymerization of pyrrole. It is a solid with the formula H(C4H2NH)nH. It is an intrinsically conducting polymer, used in electronics, optical, biological and medical fields.
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class=skin-invert-image|thumb|Polypyrrole class=skin-invert-image|thumb|Pyrrole can be polymerised electrochemically. Polypyrrole (PPy) is an organic polymer obtained by oxidative polymerization of pyrrole. It is a solid with the formula H(C4H2NH)nH. It is an intrinsically conducting polymer, used in electronics, optical, biological and medical fields.
==History== Some of the first examples of PPy were reported in 1919 by Angeli and Pieroni, who reported the formation of pyrrole blacks from pyrrole magnesium bromide. Since then pyrrole oxidation reaction has been studied and reported in scientific literature.
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