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Nanocomposite polyazomethine/reduced graphene oxide with enhanced conductivity

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We produced thermally reduced graphene oxide (rGO) by reduction of graphene oxide using a thermal shock followed by annealing at 800 °С. The PAZ/rGO nanocomposite comprised of conjugated azomethine polymer (PAZ) and rGO (2 wt%) was fabricated through solution blending method. Both PAZ/rGO nanocomposite and its components, PAZ and rGO, were investigated with wide-angle X-ray scattering, scanning electron microscopy, transmittance electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, broadband dielectric spectrometry, four-probe conductivity method, and energy dispersive spectroscopy. Strong physical interaction rather than chemical one between the polymer matrix and rGO nanoparticles was found. Electrical conductivity of PAZ/rGO nanocomposite was detected to increase for four orders as compared with that of pure PAZ.

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Acknowledgements

Authors express their thanks to Mr. Maksim Gudkov (Semenov institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow) for his providing water GO dispersion and his advising for GO treatment methods. Authors also express their thanks to Dr. Liviu Sacarescu (“Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Romania) for his providing additional microscopic data (TEM and AFM images of the nanocomposite).

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  1. Russian Academy of Science, Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Bolshoi Prospekt 31, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 199004

    Sergei Kostromin, Natalya Saprykina, Elena Vlasova & Sergei Bronnikov

  2. Romanian Academy, “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Aleea Grigore Ghica Voda 41 A, 700487, Laşi, Romania

    Daniel Ţîmpu & Vasile Cozan

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Kostromin, S., Saprykina, N., Vlasova, E. et al. Nanocomposite polyazomethine/reduced graphene oxide with enhanced conductivity. J Polym Res 24, 211 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-017-1386-1

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