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The present study reports a novel chemical route to synthesize different sizes of conducting polypyrrol (ppy) nanoparticles by hydrogen-bonding directionality in the presence of a crown ether, ionic liquid ([octmim]Br, octhyl-methyl imidazulim bromide) and ammonium persulfate in HCl solution. The morphology of the nanoparticle of PPy was confirmed by SEM images. The effects of reaction conditions on the morphology of the resultant ppy nanostructures were studied. The conductivity of the product varied with the mass ratio of aniline monomer to crown ether and IL. The chemical and electronic structures of the ppy nanoparticle were also studied by FT-IR and UV–Vis spectrometry, respectively.