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Optimization of polymerization conditions and thermal degradation of conducting polypyrrole coated polyester fabrics

Mehmood, Tariq, Kaynak, Akif, Mahmood, Abida and Kouzani, Abbas 2012, Optimization of polymerization conditions and thermal degradation of conducting polypyrrole coated polyester fabrics, Fibers and polymers, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 153-158.

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Title Optimization of polymerization conditions and thermal degradation of conducting polypyrrole coated polyester fabrics
Author(s) Mehmood, Tariq
Kaynak, Akif
Mahmood, Abida
Kouzani, Abbas
Journal name Fibers and polymers
Volume number 13
Issue number 2
Start page 153
End page 158
Total pages 6
Publisher Springer
Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Publication date 2012
ISSN 1229-9197
1875-0052
Keyword(s) polypyrrole
conductive textiles
surface resistivity
degradation
polyester fibers
Summary PET fabric is coated with conducting polypyrrole (PPy) by oxidative polymerization from an aqueous solution of Py using ferric chloride hexahydrate (FeCl3) as oxidant and p-toluene sulphonate (pTSA) as dopant. The optimum concentrations for Py, FeCl3 and pTSA were found to be 0.11, 0.857 and 0.077 mol/l respectively, which yielded a conductive fabrics with resistivity as low as 72 Ω/sq. PPy fabric gained resistivity less than one order of magnitude when aged for 18 months at room temperature. The stabilizing effect of the dopant pTSA against thermal degradation was demonstrated; the undoped samples reached resistivity of around 40 kΩ, whereas doped samples reached less than 2 kΩ at the same temperature and time.
Language eng
Field of Research 091209 Polymers and Plastics
Socio Economic Objective 970102 Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2012, Springer
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30044111

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