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Rapid mixing chemical oxidative polymerization: an easy route to prepare PANI coated small-diameter CNTs/PANI nanofibres composite thin film

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Composite thin film containing polyaniline (PANI) coated small diameter carbon nanotubes (SDCNTs)/PANI nanofibres (NFs) has been prepared using an easy in situ rapid mixing chemical oxidative polymerization method. SDCNTs thin film was obtained using thermal chemical vapour deposition method in a separate experiment, whilst PANI NFs are formed in situ during the synthesis of composite. In the composite, PANI coated SDCNTs are uniformly distributed among PANI NFs. The presence of SDCNTs during the composite synthesis does not influence the nucleation and growth of PANI NFs. Raman analysis shows a good interaction between PANI and SDCNTs. Room temperature d.c. electrical sheet resistance of SDCNTs/PANI NFs composite thin film surface is three orders lesser than that of PANI NFs thin film (PANI NFs have the same morphology as in the composite) synthesized using the same method but without the presence of SDCNTs.

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  1. School of Engineering Sciences and Technology (SEST), University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500 046, India

    G Venkata Ramana & Vadali V S S Srikanth

  2. Centre for Carbon Materials, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, 500 005, India

    Balaji Padya & P K Jain

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Venkata Ramana, G., Padya, B., Srikanth, V.V.S.S. et al. Rapid mixing chemical oxidative polymerization: an easy route to prepare PANI coated small-diameter CNTs/PANI nanofibres composite thin film. Bull Mater Sci 37, 585–588 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-014-0663-4

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