Alignment Control of Polythiophene Chains with Mesostructured Silica Nanofibers Having Different Pore Orientations

Alignment control of polythiophene chains with mesostructured silica nanofibers through an organic–inorganic co-assembly approach is realized. Cationic ammonium surfactants with a polymerizable thiophene end group are synthesized and subsequently used as structure-directing agents to grow silica nanofibers with two different pore architectures. In situ polymerization produces mesostructured polythiophene−silica nanofibers with the polymer chains aligned along the pore channels. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.