Inorganic/organic mesostructure directed synthesis of wire/ribbon-like polypyrrole nanostructuresElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: FT-IR spectra, powder XRD pattern and conductivities of as-made PPy nanostructures. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b4/b405255b/

We report here a simple strategy for the synthesis of wire/ribbon-like polypyrrole nanostructures using lamellar inorganic/organic mesostructures as templates which were formed during polymerization between surfactant cations and oxidising anions and which were degraded automatically after polymerization.