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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 119, Issue 5, Pages 2666-2673Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/app.32848
Keywords
biopolymers; nanocomposites; resins; sensors; WAXS
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico [151616/2006-0, 577237/2008-0, 574358/2008-0, 307794/2008-3, 472009/2008-7]
- Fundacao Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro [E-26/112.116/2008]
- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory
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Pressure-sensitive polymers that simultaneously present reasonable electrical conducting properties, useful thermosetting behavior, and softness are hard to develop. To combine these properties into a single material, a cardanol-based phenolic resin was prepared and blended in situ with polyaniline (PAni). The final polymer blend was composed of a soft solid material that could not be dissolved in ordinary solvents. Samples were characterized through X-ray scattering, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and electrical conductivity and pressure sensitivity measurements. FTIR results indicate that the insertion of PAni into the blends did not change the chemical nature of the resin. According to wide-angle X-ray scattering results, PAni was dispersed homogeneously in the final polymer samples; this improved the sensitivity of the electrical conductivity to pressure variations, as confirmed through electromechanical tests. Pressure sensitivity and electromechanical analyses indicated that the produced blends could be used as pressure-sensing materials. Among the tested materials, the blends containing 5 wt % PAni center dot H2SO4 presented the largest compression sensitivity values. Finally, it was shown for the first time through XRD analyses under pressure that PAni chains were considerably disturbed by compressive stresses. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 119: 2666-2673, 2011
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