Geetha, S. and Satheesh Kumar, K.K. and Trivedi, D.C. (2005) Improved Method to Graft Polyaniline on E-Glass Fabric to Enhance Its Electronic Conductivity. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 96 (6). pp. 2316-2323.

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Abstract

A method to enhance the electronic conductivity of polyaniline grafted E-glass fabric is described. The influence of substituted aromatic sulfonic acids as primary dopants on conductivity of the grafted polyaniline–E-glass fabrics is studied. The conducting fabrics obtained in this method were characterized by UV-vis spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction study, thermogravimetric analysis , and conductivity. Shielding effectiveness measurements on these Pan–E-glass fabrics showed that the performance is improved (i.e., 0.01 MHz � 49 dB, 1000 MHz � 7 dB) compared to earlier studies (i.e., 0.05 MHz � 37 dB, 1000 MHz � 1 dB) without pretreatment of fabrics. Possible application of these fabrics, e.g., for dissipation of electrostatic charge, is suggested.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: polyaniline; grafting; aromatic sulfonic acid; shielding effectiveness
Subjects: Functional Materials
Divisions: UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User: TTBD CECRI
Date Deposited: 16 Jan 2012 10:10
Last Modified: 16 Jan 2012 10:10
URI: http://cecri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/86

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