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POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 38-43Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD
DOI: 10.1002/pat.735
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synthesis; conducting polymers; nanoparticles; composites; TEM
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Composites were prepared by incorporating magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles into the matrix of a sulfonated polyaniline (SPAN) [poly(aniline-co-8-amino-2-naphthatenesulfonic acid) PANSA] through chemical oxidative polymerization of a mixture of aniline and 8-amino-2-naphthalenesulfonic acid in the presence of magnetite nanoparticles. The composite, magnetite/SPAN(PANSA) was characterized by means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), elemental analysis (EA), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra, UV-vis spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), conductivity and magnetic properties measurements. TEM image shows that magnetite nanoparticles were finely distributed into the SPAN matrix. XRD pattern of the nanocomposite reveals the presence of additional crystalline order through the appearance of a sharp peak at -43 degrees and 71 degrees. Conductivity of the nanocomposite (0.23 S/cm) is much higher than pristine copolymer (1.97 x 10(-2) S/cm). The results of FT-TR and UV-visible spectroscopy reveal the presence of molecular level interactions between SO3- groups in SPAN and magnetite nanoparticles in the composite. Copyright (c) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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