Preparation,structural, and electrical studies of polyaniline/ZnFe2O4 nanocomposites |
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Authors: | Gunderi Dhananjaya Prasanna Halepoojar Siddalingappa Jayanna Vishnu Prasad |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Physics, Kuvempu University, Shankarghatta 577 451, Karnataka, India;2. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, Karnataka, India |
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Abstract: | Polyaniline/ZnFe2O4 nanocomposites were synthesized by a simple and inexpensive one‐step in situ polymerization method in the presence of ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles. The structural, morphological, and electrical properties of the samples were characterized by wide angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). WAXD and SEM revealed the formation of polyaniline/ZnFe2O4 nanocomposites. Infrared spectroscopy indicated that there was some interaction between the ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles and polyaniline. The dc electrical conductivity measurements were carried in the temperature range of 80 to 300 K. With increase in the doping concentration of ZnFe2O4, the conductivity of the nanocomposites found to be decreasing from 5.15 to 0.92 Scm−1 and the temperature dependent resistivity follows ln ρ(T) ∼ T−1/2 behavior. The nanocomposites (80 wt % of ZnFe2O4) show a more negative magnetoresistance compared with that of pure polyaniline (PANI). These results suggest that the interaction between the polymer matrix PANI and zinc nanoparticles take place in these nanocomposites. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2011 |
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Keywords: | conducting polymers polyaniline ZnFe2O4 nanocomposites FTIR conductivity |
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