Synthesis and characterization of aluminum–polyaniline thin films and membranes

Polyaniline (PAni) films of different intrinsic oxidation states, including emeraldine salt, emeraldine base and leucoemeraldine base, were synthesized. Free‐standing membranes and thin film bilayers of aluminum–polyaniline were fabricated by magnetron sputter deposition of aluminum onto polyaniline films. Aluminum–polyaniline samples were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to investigate the microstructures of specimens, including cross‐sectional TEM micrographs of the metal‐polyaniline interfacial structure not previously reported in the literature. Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were employed to study the chemical bonding and interaction between deposited aluminum and polyaniline at the interface. Results indicated that the intrinsic oxidation state of the polyaniline influenced the chemistry of the aluminum–polyaniline interface. Distinct interaction between aluminum and polyaniline in the emeraldine salt‐form was observed. However, there was no evidence of direct interactions of the aluminum with emeraldine base and leucoemeraldine base polyaniline. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

母体苯胺六聚体的一步法合成及紫外光谱研究

作为聚苯胺模型化合物的齐聚物具有规整的分子结构、良好的电活性以及易加工性能 ,使得齐聚物的研究成为导电高分子研究领域的一个研究热点 .结果表明 ,聚苯胺八聚体对有机气体的敏感性是聚苯胺的 1 0 0 0倍 [1] ,并且导电率与之相似 ,而苯封端苯胺三聚体及四聚体在金属防腐方面也显示了优良的抗腐蚀性 [2 ] .因此 ,合成具有不同链段的聚苯胺齐聚物 (母体苯胺齐聚物以及包括苯基封端 /氨基封端在内的苯胺齐聚物及其衍生物 )就变得十分重要 .合成聚苯胺齐聚物已有许多文献报道 ,如Honzl等 [3]的缩聚法、Monkman[4 ]的取代还原法和 Buchwald…     

Absolute molecular weight of polyaniline

The absolute molecular weight of polyaniline in the pernigraniline, emeraldine, and leucoemeraldine oxidation states has been measured by light scattering and the exact number of aniline repeat units determined for the first time. Using potential-time profiling to monitor the chemical oxidative polymerization of aniline using ammonium peroxydisulfate oxidant, all three oxidation states of polyaniline can be synthesized in one step and the evolution of polymer molecular weight monitored. The pernigraniline intermediate formed during the chemical oxidative polymerization of aniline increases by 17-20% when it is converted to emeraldine, which is consistent with a two-step polymerization mechanism. These findings establish a solid experimental framework to chemically synthesize block copolymers of polyaniline by using different monomers to intercept the reaction at the pernigraniline oxidation state.     

Pyrolysis–gas chromatography/mass spectrometry applied to the identification of different states of polyaniline

Pyrolysis–gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py–CG/MS) has been applied to study and compare the composition of two electrochemically synthesized polyaniline (PANI) forms: fully reduced leucoemeraldine (LE) and intermediately oxidized emeraldine (EM). The different PANI forms were electrochemically synthesized using cyclic voltammetry. They were dedoped by stirring for 24 h in ammoniacal solutions. Leucoemeraldine and emeraldine pyrograms presented differences in the relative intensity of their fragment signals. Emeraldine pyrograms presented a higher relative intensity of the signals associated to oxidized fragments (i.e. quinone imine) than leucoemeraldine pyrograms. On the other hand, polymer samples synthesized under different anodic potentials showed small differences, consistent with a higher degree of crosslinking at higher anodic potentials. The results obtained indicate that Py–GC/MS may be used for identification among different oxidation states in aryl amine polymers.     

改进的假高稀技术合成聚苯胺三聚体和四聚体及其紫外光谱的研究

提出了一条合成还原态的苯基封端聚苯胺齐聚物的新方法:即苯胺二聚体的Schiff碱或苯胺三聚体的Schiff碱在酸性溶液中缓慢水解,形成聚苯胺二聚体和三聚体的盐酸盐,这些盐酸盐与二苯胺或N-苯基-对苯二胺反应,经苯肼还原,生成还原态的苯基封端的聚苯胺三聚体和四聚体.用红外、核磁、元素分析和基底辅助激光解吸质谱对其进行了表征,并用紫外光谱对还原态的三聚体和四聚体的化学氧化过程进行了跟踪研究.     

PANI膜电聚合过程及电控分离苯酚的EQCM研究

通过电沉积方法在镀铂石英晶片上制备了导电聚苯胺(PANI)膜,采用电化学石英晶体微天平(EQCM)技术探讨了苯胺聚合机制及在苯酚溶液中的氧化还原特性.在0.5 mol/L硫酸溶液中结合循环伏安法考察了PANI膜在完全还原态(L)-半氧化态(E)-完全氧化态(P)之间的电活性和稳定性;在不同浓度的苯酚溶液中结合恒电压阶跃...     

A mild, copper catalyzed route to conducting polyaniline

The aniline dimer, N-(4-aminophenyl)aniline has been polymerized cleanly under mild conditions to obtain an emeraldine base form of polyaniline using [MeB(3-(Mes)Pz)3]CuCl as the catalyst and H2O2 as the oxidant, while the subsequent acidification of the emeraldine base gives the conducting emeraldine salt form of polyaniline.     

Synthesis of poly(oligoaniline)s with structures controlled over three different oxidation states

We synthesize poly(oligoaniline)s consisting of multiple oligoaniline units linked by alkane spacers with their structures and properties controlled over three different oxidation states. tert‐Butoxycarbonyl (t‐BOC)‐protected diamino‐oligoanilines are synthesized and polymerized with diisocyanatoalkanes to produce t‐BOC‐protected prepolymers. We obtain the unprotected poly(oligoaniline)s in leucoemeraldine base, emeraldine base, and emeraldine salt oxidation forms by using different deprotection conditions for each of them. Distinct routes to each oxidation form of poly(oligoaniline)s enable exploitation of the crystalline structure, electrochemical activity, or conductivity, which is expected from the oligoaniline‐based materials, as well as their excellent processability into thin films that arises from their polymeric nature. The results suggest that new functional materials based on poly(oligoaniline)s may be derived by developing efficient synthetic procedures to control the oxidation states, promising for creation of new nanostructured materials with electrochemical activities. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012     

Protonation of leucoemeraldine in the solid state and in solution

The protonation of leucoemeraldine in power form and in N-methylpyrrolidinone (NMP) solution by HCIO₄ and HBF₄ has been studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), infrared (IR), and ultraviolet (UV)-visible absorption spectroscopy. In powder form, less than 25% of the amine nitrogens can be protonated in the absence of oxygen. The effects of oxygen on the degree of protonation and the distribution of amine and imine units upon deprotonation of the salt are investigated. The degree of protonation in leuccemeraldine can be increased to about 50% with 3 M HCIO₄, similar to that achievable with emeraldine base in powder form. In NMP solution, leucoemeraldine is easily oxidized by dissolved oxygen. Protonation of both leucoemeraldine and emeraldine base in NMP solutions results in metastable species which gradually undergo deprotonation. The resulting products are affected by the O₂ content of the solutions. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

THIRD ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF PERNIGRANILINE SOLUTION IN CONCENTRATED SULFURIC ACID

The fully oxidized state of polyaniline (PANI), pernigraniline (PN), was synthesizedby oxidation of the emeraldine base form of PANI dissolved in NMP solvent with m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid. The resulted PN was characterized by FTIR and UV-Visiblespectra. The third-order nonlinear optical properties of PN in concentrated sulfuric acid(PN/H_2SO_4) were measured by a degenerated four wave mixing (DFWM) method. The re-sults obtained suggest that the soliton-pair intermediate state associated with thedegenerated state does not play a major role in the third order nonlinear optical prop-erties of PANI.     

单分散的还原态和中间氧化态聚苯胺齐聚物的合成与紫外光谱研究

提出了一条合成苯胺齐聚物的新路线:由高氧化态的苯胺四聚体与二苯胺或N-苯基-1,4-对苯二胺反应合成苯基封端的苯胺五聚体和六聚体,用红外、质谱、核磁共振、基底辅助激光解吸质谱(MALDI-MS)进行了表征.提出一条可能的机理,即高氧化态的苯胺四聚体与二苯胺或N-苯基-1,4-对苯二胺在酸性溶液中混合时,四聚体、二苯胺和N-苯基-1,4-对苯二胺的分子中均形成阳离子自由基,四聚体的阳离子自由基与后二者的阳离子自由基耦合形成苯胺五聚体和六聚体.还原态的苯胺齐聚物氧化成中间氧化态的苯胺齐聚物,使用硫酸铵和六水和三氯化铁等氧化剂能打断苯胺五聚体和六聚体的分子链.实验发现,氧化银是将还原态苯胺齐聚物氧化成中间氧化态的齐聚物的最好的氧化剂.用紫外可见光谱对中间氧化态的五聚体和六聚体进行了研究,对其分子中醌环的数目进行了讨论.     

An infrared and Raman spectroscopic study of polyanilines co-doped with metal ions and H+

Polyanilines doped with (HCl+KCl) and (HCl+CoCl2) were prepared by co-doping method, respectively. For comparison, polyaniline emeraldine salt (ES) by doping with HCl and its emeraldine base (EB) form were also synthesized. The co-doped polyanilines, ES and EB samples were all characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy aiming to understand the transformations in the different doping status. The results show that the doping degree of K+ ions is considerably higher than that of Co2+ ions under the same co-doping conditions possibly due to different pseudoprotonation constants of EB with K+ ions and Co2+ ions. Moreover, morphology difference of polyaniline co-doped with alkaline metal ions or transition meal ions may arise from different coordination geometry of metal ions. Nevertheless, there are similar chemical transformations of quinoid units to benzenoid ones on polyaniline backbones for the ES and both co-doped samples. And the polyaniline backbones co-doped with H+ and metal cations are found to attain weaker charge delocalization than the ES which is doped solely with H+.     

An Organic Semiconductor Organized into 3D DNA Arrays by “Bottom-up” Rational Design

A 3D array of organic semiconductors was assembled using a DNA scaffold. An octameric aniline molecule (“octaniline”) was incorporated into a DNA building block based on a dimeric tensegrity triangle. The construct self-assembled to form a 3D crystal. Reversible redox conversion between the pernigraniline and leucoemeraldine states of the octaniline is retained in the crystal. Protonic doping gave emeraldine salt at pH 5, corresponding to the conductive form of polyaniline. Redox cycling within the crystal was visualized by color changes and Raman microscopy. The ease of conversion between the octaniline states suggests that it is a viable electronic switch within a unique 3D structure.     

功能化聚(2,5-二甲氧基苯胺)膜的电化学和电催化性质研究

聚(2，5-二甲氧基苯胺)含有对称的环取代基，其电化学活性可与PAni相比拟．该聚合物具有三种氧化态，即完全还原态(L)、半氧化态(E)和完全氧化态(P)，在伏安曲线上分别于0．19和0．51V处出现L／E和E／P转变峰．掺杂态聚合物和本征态聚合物的氧化还原分别经历L=EH=P和LH=EH=P路径，其中E／P转变峰电位随pH升高而发生负移．铂化的聚合物电极对异丙醇的氧化具有明显的催化作用，且随着扫描时间延长，氧化电流逐渐提高；聚合物与铂微粒相互作用，改变铂微粒的几何结构和电子性质，使催化体系具有良好的催化活性和抗中毒能力．在pH=4．7的缓冲溶液中，该修饰电极对异丙醇氧化仍具有催化活性．聚合物在空气中存放太久(3年)会发生降解，从而影响其电化学性质．     

Raman spectroelectrochemical study of polyaniline and sulfonated polyaniline in solutions of different pH

Raman spectroelectrochemical study has been done with electrochemically prepared films of polyaniline and a copolymer of polyaniline and metanilic acid using a green laser excitation (532 nm). The experimental variables included solutions of different pH between 0.5 and 9.0, and varying electrode potential between 0.0 and 0.8 V versus Ag/AgCl. Raman bands within the wavenumber limits of 500–1700 cm⁻¹ have been analysed, and their changes, proceeding with varying of electrode potential and solution pH, have been interpreted. It has been stressed that the spectral changes of polymer films proceed continuously rather than stepwise by changing the electrode potential. Considering leucoemeraldine and pernigraniline forms of polyaniline as fully reduced and oxidised structures, respectively, it could be concluded that many different redox forms can exist between these two limiting forms, rather than the only possible emeraldine form.     

Redox‐Switchable Surface Wrinkling on Polyaniline Film

Here the redox‐driven switch between the wrinkled and dewrinkled states on poly­aniline (PANI) film is reported. This switch is derived from the reversible transition in different intrinsic redox states of polyaniline (e.g., between emeraldine salt (ES) and leucoemeraldine base (LEB) or between ES and pernigraniline base (PB)) that are involved in the redox reaction, coupled with the corresponding volume expansion/shrinkage. Interestingly, the as‐wrinkled ES film becomes deswollen and dewrinkled when reduced to the LEB state or oxidized to the PB state. Conversely, oxidation of the LEB film or reduction of the PB film into the swollen ES film leads to the reoccurrence of surface wrinkling. Furthermore, the reducibility of the dewrinkled LEB film and the oxidizability of the dewrinkled PB film are well utilized respectively to yield various wrinkled PANI‐based composite films.

     

Doping and metallic‐support effect evidenced on SERS spectra of polyaniline thin films

Surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a process with origins, electromagnetic and chemical. The electromagnetic enhancement consists of the excitation of surface plasmons in the metallic support of the thin film. With only the electromagnetic enhancement mechanism, the surface spectra should not differ from volume Raman spectra. However, between SERS and volume Raman spectra, there are differences resulting from the chemical reactions taking place at the polymer/metal interface, intermediated by solvent molecules, that finally depend on the types of polymers and metallic supports. Polyaniline (PAN) is an excellent material to emphasize the chemical component of SERS. This is due to its particular structure with a repeating unit that contains two entities at different weights—a reduced state and an oxidized state–that, in turn, react differently with a metallic substrate. SERS spectra depend on the oxidizing properties of the metal surface, which involves an intermediate compound of the types Ag₂O and Au₂O₃ when N‐methyl‐2‐pyrrolidinone is used as the solvent. This article presents new results concerning the surface chemical effects that produce variations of the PAN SERS spectra. The SERS spectra of the PAN emeraldine base (PAN‐EB) layered on Au support are characterized by a semiquinoid structure that we believe is induced on the intermediate compound Au₂O₃. In the presence of H₂SO₄, the SERS spectra change gradually as the degree of acid protonation doping increases. The SERS spectra of the fully protonated PAN‐EB are identical to those obtained on PAN emeraldine salt (PAN‐ES) synthesized by cyclic voltammetry in an acid medium and are invariable with the type of metallic support. The SERS spectra show that the emeraldine salt can be partially or totally deprotonated with water or NH₄OH. The deprotonation is complete for the Ag support and partial for the Au support. The SERS spectra of the fully protonated PAN‐EB are characterized by a double band with maxima at about 1330 and 1370 cm⁻¹. Although the generation process of positive charge on the macromolecular chain of PAN‐EB doped in the presence of (C₄H₉)₄NBF₄ is similar to that due to protonic acid doping, involving cation addition (C₄H or H⁺ ions, respectively) in SERS spectra, the complex band situated at about 1330–1370 cm⁻¹ no longer appears. The doping of PAN‐EB with FeCl₃ produces two polymer forms: a salt type characterized by a protonated structure similar to that found for PAN‐ES and a base type similar to the leucoemeraldine form. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 38: 2599–2609, 2000     

Electroless plating of copper on fly ash cenospheres using polyaniline‐Pd activation

The polyaniline of different intrinsic oxidation states, viz., the emeraldine (EM) and the leucoemeraldine (LM) states, were coated on 3‐aminopropyltriethoxy silane modified fly ash cenospheres. Without prior sensitization by SnCl₂ solution, Pd activation by PdCl₂ solution was carried out on EM and LM laden cenospheres, followed by electroless plating of copper (Cu). The topography and composition of the composites were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, etc. The results indicate that the oxidation state of the LM layer showed a much bigger increase than that of the EM layer in the Pd activation process, while coupled Pd reduction underwent to a more extent on the LM layer. The metallic Pd atoms on the LM and EM layers surface initiated the subsequent electroless plating of Cu, and the coated Cu on LM laden cenospheres had a much more uniform and compact morphology than that on EM laden cenospheres. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

血红蛋白生物催化合成导电聚苯胺

利用血红蛋白在十二烷基磺酸钠阴离子表面活性剂胶束体系中生物催化合成水溶性导电聚苯胺/十二烷基磺酸复合物(PANI/SDS), 讨论了不同反应体系及溶液pH值对聚合反应产物的影响. 结果表明该反应具有明显的pH值依赖性, pH (1.0～4.0)是合成导电聚苯胺所必需的, 其最适pH值为3.0, 聚苯胺由导电的翠绿亚胺盐转变为本征态发生在pH 10.4. 用元素分析法、紫外-可见分光光度法、FT-IR、循环伏安法、粘度测试、电导率测试、热重分析法等对PANI/SDS复合物表征, 结果表明该复合物具有较好的热稳定性和可逆的电化学活性.     

In situ fabrication of a water-soluble, self-doped polyaniline nanocomposite: the unique role of DNA functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes

Dispersion of carbon nanotubes into solvents affects their surface chemistries, electronic structures, and subsequent functionalization. In this Communication, a water-soluble self-doped polyaniline nanocomposite was fabricated by in situ polymerization of the 3-aminophenylboronic acid monomers in the presence of single-stranded DNA dispersed- and functionalized-single-walled carbon nanotubes. For the first time, we found that the carbon nanotubes became novel active stabilizers owing to the DNA functionalization. The nanotubes reduced the polyaniline backbone from the unstable, degradable, fully oxidized pernigraniline state to the stable, conducting emeraldine state because of their reductive ability, which could improve the chemical stability of the self-doped polyaniline. Electrical measurements demonstrate that the conductivity of the nanocomposite was much higher than that of the pure self-doped polyaniline in both acidic and neutral solutions.