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Formation of Polyaniline Nanorod/Liquid Crystalline Epoxy Composite Nanowires Using a Temperature‐Gradient Method
Author(s) -
Jang J.,
Bae J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.200400608
Subject(s) - materials science , polyaniline , composite number , nanowire , nanorod , epoxy , curing (chemistry) , composite material , differential scanning calorimetry , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , polymerization , nanocomposite , thermal stability , polymer , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , physics , engineering , thermodynamics
Liquid crystalline epoxy/polyaniline (LCE/PANI) composite nanowires have been fabricated using an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membrane by a temperature‐gradient curing process. PANI nanorods with an average diameter of 30 nm have been synthesized by dispersion polymerization in order to employ them as a curing agent for LCE and as a reinforcement filler for the LCE/PANI composite nanowires. Differential scanning calorimetry and Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy indicate that the LCE crosslinking reaction occurred inside the channels of the AAO membrane via the curing of LCE with PANI nanorods. The LCE/PANI composite nanowires exhibit an enhanced electrical conductivity and thermal stability, comparable with a LCE/PANI composite monolith. In addition, these polymer‐composite nanowires also display the characteristics of a functionally gradient conducting material.