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The effect of anionic surfactant on the properties of polythiophene/chitosan composites
Author(s) -
Eren Esin,
Aslan Erhan,
Oksuz Aysegul Uygun
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.23814
Subject(s) - materials science , polythiophene , pulmonary surfactant , conductivity , sulfonic acid , composite material , chitosan , decomposition , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , chemical engineering , nuclear chemistry , polymer chemistry , conductive polymer , polymer , organic chemistry , chemistry , engineering
Polythiophene/chitosan (PT/Ch) composites and PT homopolymers were chemically synthesized in the presence of anthraquinone‐2‐sulfonic acid sodium monohydrate, ACS anionic surfactant. Conductivity, FTIR, SEM, TGA, and XRD measurements were used to study the properties of the composites. The effect of the ratio of the surfactant to the Ch onto structural and physical properties of the composites was also investigated. Our experimental data show that the properties of the composites depend on the amount of both surfactant and Ch used. The highest conductivity of 9.62 × 10 −3 S/cm −1 was measured for the PT/Ch2 sample. When measurements were taken for PT/Ch/ACS samples with different Ch and surfactants content, the highest conductivity and initial decomposition temperature were recorded for the PT/Ch2/ACS10 sample as 3.49 × 10 −4 S/cm −1 , 223°C, respectively. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 54:2632–2640, 2014. © 2013 Society of Plastics Engineers