Sonochemical preparation of nanocomposite of gamma-zirconium phosphate (γ-ZrP) and Cu2O/CuO embedded polyaniline

Nanocomposite of gamma-zirconium phosphate (γ-ZrP) absorbed and intercalated by polyaniline that incorporated amorphous Cu2O and nanocrystalline CuO was synthesized by sonochemical method. Cu2+ was preintercalated into γ-ZrP to form layered γ-CuZrP host that provided a template of polymerization of aniline. X-ray diffraction in low angles for the nanocomposite indicates intercalation of doped polyaniline in γ-ZrP. The nanocomposite was also characterized by TEM, FTIR, UV–VIS spectrum of and TG–DTA.