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<strong>de</strong>posited PANI layers increases until a saturation plateau is reached at approximately 32 layers.<br />
The conductive porous polymer <strong>de</strong>vice <strong>de</strong>veloped in this study is sensitive to applied<br />
compression providing that the void volume percentage is sufficiently high. Higher loads result<br />
in higher conductivity values with values as high as 10 -3 S cm -1 obtained. Although this approach<br />
has been <strong>de</strong>monstrated here for an ultra-low surface area porous substrate, high surface area<br />
substrates can also be readily prepared.<br />
5.6 Acknowledgements<br />
The authors express appreciation to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of<br />
Canada for supporting this work. They also thank F. Normandin from the Institut <strong>de</strong>s matériaux<br />
industriels for his assistance with the conductivity measurements of the samples.<br />
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