Published September 25, 2015 | Version v1
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Electrochemical characterization of aminated acrylic conducting polymer

  • 1. School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Lestari Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan (Malaysia)
  • 2. Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative, Lestari Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan (Malaysia)

Description

New attempt has been made to synthesize aminated acrylic conducting polymer (AACP) using precursor of phenylvinylsulfoxide (PVS). The process was conducted via the integration of microemulsion and photopolymerization techniques. It has been utilized for covalent immobilization of amino groups by the adding of N-achryiloxisuccinimide (NAS). Thermal eliminating of benzene sulfenic acids from PVS has been done at 250 °C to form electroactive polyacetylene (PA) segment. Characterization of AACP has been conducted using fourier transform infrared (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and linear sweep cyclic voltammetry (CV). A range of 0.3-1.25μm particle size obtained from SEM characterization. A quasi-reversible system performed as shown in electrochemical study

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Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1678
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 050013-050013.4
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Faculty of Science and Technology 2015 Postgraduate Colloquium
Dates
15-16 Apr 2015
Place
Selangor (Malaysia)

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