Patent ID: 8101709

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a monomer, an oligomer of the monomer, an oxidant, and at least one solvent; and mixing the monomer, the oligomer, the oxidant, and the at least one solvent to create a polymer solution comprising conducting polymer nanofibers of the monomer; wherein mixing comprises: dissolving the monomer and the oligomer in a first solvent to create a monomer solution, wherein a first molar concentration (M) of the monomer in the monomer solution is between approximately 0.02 M and approximately 0.2 M and a second molar concentration of the oligomer in the monomer solution is between approximately one percent and approximately twenty percent of the first molar concentration; dissolving the oxidant in a second solvent to create an oxidant solution; and mixing the monomer solution and the oxidant solution to create the polymer solution, wherein the at least one solvent comprises the first solvent and the second solvent.