A. T. Royappa, Dewey D. Steadman, T. L. Tran
Sep 4, 2001
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Synthetic Metals
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Abstract The aniline heterodimer 4-aminodiphenylamine-2-sulfonic acid has been polymerized in aqueous ammonium persulfate solution to yield a new form of sulfonated polyaniline (SPAn). This polymer, obtained as a green powder, is soluble in aqueous base (violet solution) and polar solvents (green solution, turning blue on standing). Its FTIR, UV–VIS and EPR spectra are quite similar to those of SPAn obtained by direct ring-sulfonation of polyaniline. The room temperature dc conductivity of the polymer is about 1.3×10 −5 S/cm, indicative of considerable disorder in the sample. Cyclic voltammetry in 1.0 M HCl shows two redox peaks at E 1/2,1 =0.50 V and E 1/2,2 =0.68 V against Ag/AgCl electrode, characteristic of SPAn.