Polyaniline nanotubes doped with polymeric acids

  • Lijuan Zhang
  • , Hui Peng
  • , Jing Sui
  • , Paul A. Kilmartin
  • , Jadranka Travas-Sejdic*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Self-assembled polyaniline (PANI) nanotubes were prepared in the presence of three different polymeric acids as dopants, namely poly(4-styrenesulfonic acid) (PSSA), poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) and poly(methyl vinyl ether-alt-maleic acid) (PMVEA) by oxidative polymerization using ammonium persulfate as the oxidant. The molecular structure of polymeric acids had a significant effect on the morphology and size of the polyaniline nanotubes as determined by SEM. The PANI nanotubes were also characterized by FTIR spectroscopy and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)312-315
Number of pages4
JournalCurrent Applied Physics
Volume8
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Nanotubes
  • Polyaniline
  • Polymeric acid

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