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ISRN Polymer Science
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 320316, 7 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/320316
Research Article

Synthesis and Properties of Electroconductive Polymeric Composite Material Based on Polypyrrole

N. S. Ilicheva, N. K. Kitaeva, V. R. Duflot, and V. I. Kabanova

Branch of Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry, Scientific and Production Centre for Innovative Research and Technology, Obninsk 249033, Russia

Received 6 December 2011; Accepted 16 January 2012

Academic Editors: E. Fossum, D. Pavel, D. Quémener, and A. Uygun

Copyright © 2012 N. S. Ilicheva et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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