I just joined this group and I am not sure if this has been posted already
I have a project on producing conductive nanofibres and fabricating them from the scratch. the polymer im using is polyaniline.
As a first step, i have produced polyaniline with ammonium persulfate as oxidising agent and aniline hydrochloride. This is not completely soluble in water..
I now have PANi in granule/powder form. To produce the best sample in the laboratory, I need to test the conductivity levels of polymer produced at different parameters. I am using concentration as the varying parameter.
now i need to test this sample in granule form for its conductivity. journals say that I have to pelletise this powder. How am I supposed to do this with minimum fuss and good accuracy??? ALso, there is no testing equipment for polymer powder in my laboratory. So I have to fabricate the instruments required. The instruments also have to adhere to specified norms. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
also, I read in a journal that aniline is a prospective solvent for PANi. IS the usage of monomer as a solvent for producing a polymer anyway detrimental to the quality of the product?? because I used HCL as after treatment to remove residual aniline.
WIll the usage of Dodecyl benzene sulphonate to produce water-soluble PANI affect its conductivity properties?
Caroline Joyce Cornelius