Nanodiamonds and Conducting Polymers: a new paradigm for multifunctional nanomaterials

Abstract

This review article is focused on the coupling of conjugated polymers, as polyaniline and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), with nanodiamond particles. The peculiar features of nanodiamond not only help in improving the mechanical and thermal properties of the host polymer matrix, but also act on the polymerization mechanisms, inducing a log-range structural order of the polymer chains.