interfacial polymerization

Inherently conducting polymer polyaniline (Pani) has been synthesized by a novel interfacial polymerization technique using trichloroethane as organic media. Ammonium peroxydisulphate was used as an oxidizing agent dissolved in aqueous media. The synthesized polymer was subjected to the physico-chemical characterization by UV-Vis and FT-IR Spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy. From the SEM Micrographs it was observed that interfacial polymerization offers the fibrillar type of morphology having 200 nm sized fibers.

Nanorods/nanofibers of polyaniline were synthesized via liquid-liquid interfacial polymerization process using ammonium persulphate as an oxidizing agent. Para-toluene sulphonic acid (p-TSA) was used as a dopant during the polymerization process. The spectroscopic characterization (UV-Vis and FT-IR) confirms the presence of conducting emeraldine salt phase of the polymer. The morphological studies were carried out using FE-SEM analysis.