Open AccessSurface Modification of Cellulose Nanofiber with Polyaniline using Aniline Monolayer as Seed for Chemical Oxidation Polymerization of Aniline
Author(s) -
D. Muralidharan,
R. Ramya,
K. Pandian
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of chemistry/asian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0975-427X
pISSN - 0970-7077
DOI - 10.14233/ajchem.2021.23013
Subject(s) - polyaniline , aniline , polyaniline nanofibers , cellulose , nanofiber , polymerization , chemistry , monolayer , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , polymer , biochemistry , engineering
A simple method is adopted to prepare conducting polyaniline thin film on cellulose filter paper bychemical oxidative polymerization. In order to improve the adhesion of polyaniline on cellulosenanofiber aniline terminal, silane monolayer was used as catalyst to initiate polymerization reaction.It was also showed that aniline dimer modified cellulose nanofiber shows an enhanced polyanilinegrowth and acting as seed for the polyaniline growth. The polyaniline modified cellulose fibre filterpaper was then characterized with UV-visible spectroscopy, FT-IR, FE-SEM and electrochemicalstudies. Polyaniline modified filter paper strips can be used for naked eye sensing of ammonia andhydrazine in environmental samples