Surfactant assisted processable organic nanocomposite dispersions of polyaniline-single wall carbon nanotubes

Sainath G. Vaidya, Sanjay Rastogi, Aránzazu Aguirre

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

19 Scopus citations

Abstract

In this paper, we report a surfactant assisted processable organic dispersions of conducting form of polyaniline (PANI) with and without single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). We used and compared the role of two anionic surfactants namely, sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (NaDBS) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). Based on our results, we believe that hydrophobic interactions between surfactant tails with SWNTs and the strong interactions between PANI-surfactant headgroups are very much likely to be responsible for stabilizing this three phase system in the organic solvent. In PANI-SWNT nanocomposites prepared using SDS, electronic like band of PANI is significantly affected as well as localization of the charge carriers is observed using UV-vis spectroscopy compared to nanocomposites prepared using NaDBS. These interactions are reflected in lower conductivity of the PAN-SWNT nanocomposites prepared using SDS indicating NaDBS has better doping effectiveness in PANI-SWNT nanocomposites. This facile route offers the processing of PANI-SWNT from single organic medium and in addition, eliminates the steps of de-doping, dissolution in suitable solvent and re-doping to regain the conductivity of the nanocomposite. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)134-138
Number of pages5
JournalSynthetic Metals
Volume160
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2010

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Surfactant assisted processable organic nanocomposite dispersions of polyaniline-single wall carbon nanotubes'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this