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Poly(ortho-toluidine hydrochloride) and Poly(aniline hydrochloride) as Semi-Conducting Polymers for Electrorheology Substrates

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The conductance range for semi-conductors as ER fluid substrates matches well with the typical values for rather poor semi-conducting polymers1–9. Such polymers tend to be insoluble powdery materials with densities similar to common dispersing liquids used in ER formulations. They are also soft and therefore do not abrade the device. Polyaniline when treated to reduce its conductance from that of the emeraldine hydrochloride form is of particular interest because it is simple to prepare10–13. Therefore polyaniline and its analogues are of technological interest. This paper reports on the conductive, and ER behaviour of dispersions of polyaniline and poly(o-toluidine).

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  1. Centre for Molecular Electronics School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0AL, UK

    Keith M. Blackwood, George Tsangaris, Dmitri N. Vorobiev & Harry Block

  2. School of Mechanical, Materials and Civil Engineering, Cranfield University, Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN6 8LA, UK

    Jacqueline Akhavan

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Blackwood, K.M., Tsangaris, G., Vorobiev, D.N., Block, H., Akhavan, J. (1995). Poly(ortho-toluidine hydrochloride) and Poly(aniline hydrochloride) as Semi-Conducting Polymers for Electrorheology Substrates. In: Havelka, K.O., Filisko, F.E. (eds) Progress in Electrorheology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1036-3_9

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