Graft copolymers and composites of poly(methyl methacrylate) and polypyrrole Part II

Pyrrole (2) was grafted onto a poly(methyl methacrylate) backbone which already contained the pyrrole moiety within via oxidative polymerization with FeCl3 in nitromethane. The maximum conductivity of films cast from the reaction mixture was about 10−2 S/cm. The conductivity and the morphology of the graft copolymers 3 depended on several effects which were studied in detail using FT-IR, thermogravimetric analysis, light and scanning electron microscopy.