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Electrical/mechanical properties and activation energies of some poly(2‐vinylpyridine)‐metal complexes
Author(s) -
Dimitry O. I. H.,
Mazrouaa A. M.,
Saad A. L. G.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.24600
Subject(s) - activation energy , metal , electrical resistivity and conductivity , polymer chemistry , materials science , conductivity , polymer , chemistry , composite material , physics , metallurgy , quantum mechanics
Poly(2‐vinylpyridine) (P2VP) and its metal‐based complexes have been synthesized and characterized through analytical measurements, such as thermal analysis and IR‐ spectroscopy. The electrical conductivity of these complexes was studied as a function of temperature. The conductivity of P2VP is seen to increase by many orders of magnitude on complexation with some metal chlorides such as BaCl 2 , ZnCl 2 , NiCl 2 , or CoCl 2 . The activation energy for electrical conductivity of either of these complexes is found to be lower than that of the host polymer. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 101: 3537–3549, 2006