Fabrication of a metal nanoparticles and polymer nanofibers composite material by an in situ chemical synthetic route |
| |
Authors: | Mallick Kaushik Witcomb Mike J Dinsmore Andy Scurrell Mike S |
| |
Affiliation: | Molecular Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, Electron Microscope Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS 2050 South Africa. scurrell@Aurum.wits.ac.za |
| |
Abstract: | This work demonstrated a facile route for the synthesis of poly(3,5-dimethyl aniline) nanofibers by polymerization of 3,5-dimethyl aniline using Pd-acetate as the oxidant. The reduction of Pd ion is accompanied by oxidative polymerization of 3,5-dimethyl aniline, leading to a metal-polymer composite material. Palladium nanoparticles (approximately 2 nm) are uniformly distributed throughout the polymer that makes the composite material a unique morphology. The resultant composite material was characterized by means of different techniques. IR and Raman spectra provide the information on the chemical structure of the polymer. TEM images show the morphology of the polymer and size of the metal particles. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 PubMed 等数据库收录! |
|