Fabrication and characterization of polyaniline /polyvinyl alcohol conducting blend films / Sakhawi Muhsin Samsukamar

• Main Author: Samsukamar, Sakhawi Muhsin
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Applied Sciences 2017
• Subjects: QD Chemistry; Oxidation
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26093/1/PPb_SAKHAWI%20MUHSIN%20SAMSUKAMAR%20AS%20N%2017_5.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/26093/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Conducting blend films of polyaniline (PANI)/polyvinyl alcohol (PV A) formed by ex-situ chemical oxidative polymerization reaction with used of hydrochloric acid (HCl) as a dopant, sorbitan monolaurate (Tween 20) as surfactant and potassium persufate (KPS) as oxidation agent. P ANI shown good dispersion in PV A polymeric matrix and less precipitation were found. Films do not conduct electricity due to P ANI exist in form of emeraldine base and prove with no absorbance peak that found in UV-Vis spectroscopy analysis due to random error that be done in methodology.