From material science point of view, the advancement in nanotechnology
provides a way to produce various nanoscale objects
with higher precision and enhanced performance. Recently, there
has been widespread interest in nanomaterials science largely due
to optical, electrical, and mechanical properties of nanostructured
materials that are usually different from those of the bulk materials.
Moreover, nanomaterials such as: nanotubes, nanowires, nanorods,
nanodots and nanoporous materials are attractive for a range of
applications because of their intrinsic large surface area. Compared
with bulk conducting polymers, one dimensional (1-D) polymer
nanowires are expected to display improved performance in technological
applications due to their metal-like high conductivity, low
energy optical transitions, low ionization potential, large surface
area, and light weight.