The Influence of Roughness on the Properties of Electroactive Polypyrrole

Sylwia Golba1, Julian Kubisztal1

  • 1Institute of Materials Engineering, University of Silesia, 75 Pulku Piechoty Street 1A, 41-500 Chorzow, Poland.

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