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Microemulsion with aromatic oil as cleaner media for electropolymerisation

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Microemulsion polymerization is widely used as a cleaner alternative way to prepare intrinsically conductive polymers. We studied isothermal phase diagrams for microemulsions of the electropolymerizable heterocyclic aromatic oil 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT), aqueous LiClO4 solution and alkyl polyethoxylate. Our specific goal was to assess the effect of LiClO4 salt on the phase behaviour. The phase behaviour was characterized by stepwise titration and microscopic analyses. Here we found that the increase of the concentration of LiClO4 salt shifts the microemulsion region to lower surfactant content.

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This work was supported by Institut fuer Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphaere (ICG), Institut V: Sedimentaere Systeme, Forschungszentrum Juelich, D-52425 Juelich, Germany. The authors thank Dr. J. Schluepen for suggestions. The work is financed too by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Development of the Republic of Serbia (Project: 1727)

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  1. Institute of General and Physical Chemistry, P.O. Box 551, Studentski Trg 12-16, 11000, Belgrade, SCG, Yugoslavia

    M. Ilic, S. Zlatanovic, N. Potkonjak & B. Simonovic

  2. Institut fuer Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphaere (ICG), Institut V: Sedimentaere Systeme, Forschungszentrum Juelich, 52425, Juelich, Germany

    F.-H. Haegel

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Ilic, M., Haegel, FH., Zlatanovic, S. et al. Microemulsion with aromatic oil as cleaner media for electropolymerisation. Environ Chem Lett 3, 82–85 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-005-0101-3

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