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Effect of Blend Preparation on Electrical, Dielectric, and Dynamical-Mechanical Properties of Conducting Polymer Blend: SBS Triblock Copolymer/Polyaniline

✍ Scribed by Bluma G. Soares; Maria Elena Leyva


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
329 KB
Volume
292
Category
Article
ISSN
1438-7492

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Abstract

Conducting polymer blends based on styrene–butadiene–styrene (SBS) triblock copolymer and polyaniline doped with dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid (Pani.DBSA) were prepared by different procedures: mechanical mixing (MM) and β€˜in situ’ polymerization (ISP) methods. The ISP blends exhibited higher levels of electrical conductivity, as compared to MM blends. The scanning electron micrographs of the ISP blend were characterized by the presence of microtubules, which favored the formation of the conducting pathways inside the SBS matrix. From dynamic mechanical and dielectric analysis, it was possible to suggest a higher interaction degree of the polyaniline with the polystyrene phase of the block copolymer. Blends prepared by ISP method displayed also higher dielectric constant and higher dielectric loss factor than blends prepared by MM method.

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