• Title of article

    Aggregation and interchain “self” doping in emeraldine base

  • Author/Authors

    Long، نويسنده , , S.M. and Brenneman، نويسنده , , K.R. and Saprigin، نويسنده , , A. and Kohlman، نويسنده , , R.S. and Epstein، نويسنده , , A.J. and Angelopoulos، نويسنده , , M. and Buchwalter، نويسنده , , S.L. and Rossi، نويسنده , , A. and Zheng، نويسنده , , W. and MacDiarmid، نويسنده , , A.G.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    دوماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1997
  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    809
  • To page
    810
  • Abstract
    We report gel permeation chromatography, electron paramagnetic resonance and optical absorption measurements on the emeraldine base (EB) form of polyaniline synthesized using different oxidant/aniline ratios in the range of 0.25 to 1.0. A concentration of localized paramagnetic defects and sub bandgap absorption is observed which correlate with the fraction of aggregated EB suggesting that radical formation is occurring within the aggregates. This correlation is observed in EB synthesized at different oxidant/aniline ratios and in heat treated EB. Further, we propose that interchain interactions within the aggregates give rise to a form of “self” doping in EB.
  • Keywords
    Solution processing , UV-Vis-NIR absorption , Polyaniline and derivatives , electron spin resonance
  • Journal title
    Synthetic Metals
  • Serial Year
    1997
  • Journal title
    Synthetic Metals
  • Record number

    2070737