ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Polypyrrole (PPY) was electrophilically polycondensed with phthalic anhydride (PA) and pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA). PPY-PA and PPY-PMDA polycondensates were evaluated in regard to their thermal stability and dielectric and conductivity behavior. The overall thermal stability is in the order PPY 〈 PPY-PA 〈 PPY-PMDA, which may be rationalized in terms of intra- and intermolecularly cross-linked structures of the polycondensates. IR spectral analyses of PPY-PA and PPY-PMDA subjected to heating at 300, 400, 500, and 550°C, respectively, were conducted to understand some of the structural changes in the polymer matrices. Both PPY-PA and PPY-PMDA exhibit high dielectric constants (200 and 125) at low frequency (103 Hz), which fall monotonically with increasing frequency, suggesting the possibility of interfacial polarization. The conductivity values of PPY-PA and PPY-PMDA are in the range 10-3-10-4 ohm-1 cm-1, which are conspicuously lower than that for unmodified PPY (2.5). This is due to the adverse effect of incresing temperature on the PPY chain stability, whereby structural conjugation and eventually conductivity will be affected. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1994.070541012
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