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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 418, Issue -, Pages 185-192Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.11.077
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Aryl diazonium salts; Carbon nanotubes; Polyaniline; Nanocomposites
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- Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR) [4705-2]
- DAE-SRC Outstanding Research Investigator Award [2008/21/05-BRNS]
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Highly uniform core-shell like multi-walled carbon nanotubes-polyaniline (MWCNT-PANI) nanocomposites were prepared in two steps (i) surface modification of MWCNTs with a 4-aminodiphenylamine group via in situ diazonium generation process; and (ii) polymerization of aniline onto surface modified MWCNTs. This functionalization helped to easily disperse the MWCNTs in acidic solutions; hence it is suitable for the chemical oxidative polymerization of aniline. It was found that MWCNT-PANI nano-composites with higher MWCNTs loading yield PANI chains with more quinoid units than the pure PANI, which results in significant improvement in the conductivity of the composites. This facile approach of synthesizing core-shell nanocomposites highlights the efficiency of the interfacial chemistry of aryl diazonium salts in generating conductive polymer/MWCNT nanocomposites with enhanced conductivity and high surface area. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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