K. Ogura et al., Thermal properties of poly(anthranilic acid) (PANA) and humidity-sensitivecomposites derived from heat-treated PANA and poly(vinyl alcohol), J POL SC PC, 37(23), 1999, pp. 4458-4465
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23
Language
INGLESE
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Article
Categorie Soggetti
Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY
Thermal conversion of poly(anthranilic acid) (PANA) to polyaniline (PAn) ha
s been studied by means of thermogravimetric/mass (TG/MS) and Fourier trans
form infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The electrical conductivity of the chemi
cally prepared PANA was 3.5 x 10(-2) S/cm, which is caused by the self-dopi
ng of the polaronic nitrogen atom interacting with the ionized carboxyl gro
up (-COO-). The heat-treated PANA can be assumed to be identical to an emer
aldine base of PAn. The pyrolysis of PANA. proceeded through the decarboxyl
ation at two stages from carboxyl (-COOH) and ionized carboxyl groups, whic
h occurred at about 170 and 230 degrees C, respectively. PANA-SA, which was
prepared by treating PANA at 250 degrees C and then doping with an externa
l protonic acid at room temperature, showed a considerably high conductivit
y (6.2 S/cm). The composite consisting of PANA-SA and poly(vinyl alcohol) w
as very sensitive to the environmental humidity. The logarithm of electrica
l conductivity of this composite was proportional to the relative humidity
covering more than five orders of magnitude, and the change in conductivity
extended from 4.2 x 10(-5) to 10 S/cm upon the humidity variation from 14
to 91%. (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.