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Abstract

Electrochemical polymerization of aniline was carried out in micellar solutions of camphor sulphonic acid (CSA, anionic surfactant), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, cationic surfactant) and TritonX 100 (Tx100, nonionic surfactant), to reveal the morphology against the nature of the surfactant molecule. The resultant polyaniline film was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic and cyclic voltammetric techniques. The surface morphology observed from different surfactant molecules was found to be distinctly different. Polyaniline synthesized from CSA and Tx100 solutions, showed uniform nanosized (100 nm) globular structures.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Polyaniline; Surfactant; Atomic force microscopy; Nanomaterials
Subjects:	Electrodics and Electrocatalysis
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	ttbdar CECRI
Date Deposited:	04 Apr 2012 05:36
Last Modified:	04 Apr 2012 05:36
URI:	http://cecri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/521

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