Conducting polymer composites of polypyrrole and a poly(arylene ether ketone)
Date
1998
Authors
Selampinar F.
Akbulut, U.
Toppare L.
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Source Title
Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering
Print ISSN
0360-2559
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37
Issue
3
Pages
295 - 302
Language
English
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Article
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Abstract
Electrically conducting composites of polypyrrole and a poly(arylene ether ketone) were synthesized by electroinitiated polymerization of pyrrole on a poly(arylene ether ketone)-coated platinum electrode. The electrolysis medium was water and p-toluene sulfonic acid. The conductivities of the composites were in the range 1-10 S/cm. The composites were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared, and thermal analyses. The composites were found to be composed of bilayers which can be peeled into two free-standing polymer films. The solution side of the polypyrrole layer of the alloy film contains globular structures, whereas the other side is smoother.
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Electrochemical blending, Polypyrrole, Conductive plastics, Electric conductivity of solids, Electrochemical electrodes, Electrolysis, Electropolymerization, Organic acids, Platinum, Polyethers, Polypyrroles, Scanning electron microscopy, Thermoanalysis, Water, Polyarylene ether ketone, Composite materials