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- Title
Conductive polyaniline-polythiophene/poly(ethylene terephthalate) composite fiber: Effects of pH and washing processes on surface resistivity.
- Authors
Erdoğan, Meryem Kalkan; Karakışla, Meral; Saçak, Mehmet
- Abstract
ABSTRACT A conductive polyaniline (PAn)-polythiophene (PTh)/poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) composite fiber was prepared by polymerization of aniline and thiophene in the presence of PET fibers in an organic medium with FeCl3. The effects of polymerization conditions, such as polymerization medium, mol ratios of aniline/thiophene and FeCl3/aniline-thiophene as well as polymerization temperature and time, were investigated on PAn-PTh content (%) and surface resistivity of the composite. The composite with the lowest surface resistivity (1.30 MΩ/cm2) was obtained by polymerization of aniline and thiophene (1/3 mol ratio) in acetonitrile/chloroform (1/5 volume ratio) at 20°C. The surface resistivity of the PAn-PTh/PET composite containing 4.8% PAn-PTh was increased from 1.9 MΩ/cm2 to 270 MΩ/cm2 at pH 11. The washing durability of the composites was determined with domestic and commercial laundering processes by monitoring the surface resistivity and morphology. The composite was also characterized with FTIR, TGA, elemental analysis, optic microscope and SEM techniques. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015, 132, 41979.
- Subjects
POLYANILINES; POLYTHIOPHENES; POLYETHYLENE terephthalate; POLYMERIZATION; ANILINE; THIOPHENES
- Publication
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2015, Vol 132, Issue 20, pn/a
- ISSN
0021-8995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/app.41979