Anand, Jayashree and Palaniappan, Srinivasan and Sathyanarayana, DN (1994) Electron paramagnetic resonance and conductivity studies on Poly (m-toluidine) salts and their bases. In: Synthetic Metals, 66 (2). pp. 129-134.
PDF
Electron_paramagnetic-129.pdf Restricted to Registered users only Download (523kB) | Request a copy |
Abstract
Five different poly(m-toluidine) (PMT) salts were synthesized chemically using different protonic acids and their bases were obtained by dedoping the salts using aqueous $NH_4OH$. The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of PMT salts and their.bases were recorded at different temperatures. The results show a thermally activated dependence for PMT-HCI and a Curie-Weiss behaviour in the range 40 to 200 °C for the other salts. The EPR signal intensities of the PMT bases are temperature-independent except for PMT dedoped from $CH_3COOH$ which shows thermally activated paramagnetism. Ambient-temperature electrical conductivities were obtained by the two-probe method for PMT salts and bases. The results are consistent with polaron spins that are antiferromagnetically coupled. The migration of paramagnetic polarons along the polymer chain alone is not responsible for the charge transport. The effect of substituents on polyaniline is discussed.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
---|---|
Publication: | Synthetic Metals |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Additional Information: | The copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier. |
Keywords: | Conductivity;EPR;Spectroscopy;Poly(m-toluidine) |
Department/Centre: | Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry |
Date Deposited: | 30 Jun 2006 |
Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2010 04:29 |
URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/7816 |
Actions (login required)
View Item |