Polymerization of aniline in layered HMMoO6·H2O (M=Nb, Ta)

Bhuvanesh, NSP and Gopalakrishnan, J (1998) Polymerization of aniline in layered HMMoO6·H2O (M=Nb, Ta). In: Materials Science and Engineering B, 53 (03). pp. 267-271.

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Abstract

Layered Bronsted acids, HMMoO6. H2O (M = Nb, Ta) possessing a rutile-related structure, readily intercalates aniline giving (C6H5NH3)(x)H1-xMMoO6. H2O (x similar to 0.35). Oxidation of the latter in air at 130 degrees C polymerizes the interlayer aniline to give (PANI)(x)H1-xMMoO6 nanocomposites (PANI = polyaniline). Characterization of the composites by various physical methods reveals that the polymerization is near-quantitative, occurring within the galleries of the inorganic host. EPR spectroscopy shows a single resonance at g = 2.003 which is characteristic of PANI, indicating that the inorganic host does not participate in the oxidative polymerization of aniline.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Materials Science and Engineering B
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	aniline;polymerization;layered Bronsted acids.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	24 Dec 2009 10:52
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:26
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/19079

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