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A new route for the preparation of flexible skin–core poly(ethylene-co-acrylic acid)/polyaniline functional hybrids
Giada Lo ReClelia DispenzaScaffaro RobertoLidia ArmelaoMaria Antonietta Sabatinosubject
MorphologyMaterials Chemistry2506 Metals and AlloysMaterials sciencePolymers and PlasticsPolyanilineGeneral Chemical EngineeringHybrid polymersBiochemistrychemistry.chemical_compoundX-ray photoelectron spectroscopyPolyanilinePolymer chemistryChemical surface modificationElectrical conductivityPolyaniline Chemical surface modification Hybrid polymers Morphology Electrical conductivityMaterials ChemistryCopolymerEnvironmental ChemistryChemical Engineering (all)Fourier transform infrared spectroscopyAcrylic acidChemistry (all)General ChemistryChemical engineeringchemistryPolymerizationSurface modificationSettore CHIM/07 - Fondamenti Chimici Delle TecnologieChemical surface modification; Electrical conductivity; Hybrid polymers; Morphology; Polyaniline; Materials Chemistry2506 Metals and Alloys; Polymers and Plastics; Chemistry (all); Chemical Engineering (all); Environmental Chemistry; BiochemistryHybrid materialdescription
Abstract Surface modification of polymeric films is a way to obtain final products with high performance for many specific and ad hoc tailored applications, e.g. in functional packaging, tissue engineering or (bio)sensing. The present work reports, for the first time, on the design and development of surface modified ethylene–acrylic acid copolymer (EAA) films with polyaniline (PANI), with the aim of inducing electrical conductivity and potentially enable the electronic control of a range of physical and chemical properties of the film surface, via a new “grafting from” approach. In particular, we demonstrate that PANI was successfully polymerized and covalently grafted onto flexible EAA substrates, previously activated. The final hybrid materials and the corresponding intermediates were fully characterized via FTIR, XPS, SEM–EDAX, mechanical and electrical tests. The mechanical properties of the films are not detrimentally affected by each treatment step, while a significant increase in electrical conductivity was achieved for the new hybrid materials.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12-01 | Reactive and Functional Polymers |