Preparation of electroactive silica mesopores by encapsulating polyaniline chains into silica framework via nonsurfactant templating sol-gel route

Electroactive silica mesopores have been synthesized by encapsulating different loadings of polyaniline chains into a silica network through sol-gel reactions of TEOS in the presence of polyaniline latex with D-. glucose. It should be noted that the electroactive silica mesopores at higher polyaniline loading was found to reveal higher surface areas, larger pore volume, and slightly larger pore diameters as compared to that of neat non-electroactive silica mesopores. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.