title: Preparation of polyaniline-metal composite nanospheres by in situ microemulsion polymerization.
abstract: Nanosized metal and polyaniline (PANi) composite spheres have been prepared via the polymerization of aniline using PdCl(2) or HAuCl(4) as the oxidant in a microemulsion system. The oxidization of aniline and the reduction of metal ion happened together during the reaction, yielding PANi and elemental metal simultaneously. The results of FTIR spectra suggested that the oxidation degree of PANi was affected by the initial ratio of metal ions to monomer in the microemulsion system. The PANi-metal nanospheres were characterized using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and the conductivity of the composite nanospheres was measured by conventional four-probe method. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy were used to show the morphology of the composites.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430073, PR China. msell08@163.com
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guoping
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Jiangyu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xianghua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Qingzhong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D002712:Chlorides / Q000737:chemistry; D004655:Emulsions / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D017612:Gold Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D054118:Nanospheres / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D002712:Chlorides; D004655:Emulsions; D017612:Gold Compounds; C416807:polyaniline; D010165:Palladium; C024568:gold tetrachloride, acid; C008756:palladium chloride