Header menu link for other important links
X
A facile synthetic strategy for mesoporous crystalline copper-polyaniline composite
Published in
2012
Volume: 48
   
Issue: 3
Pages: 560 - 568
Abstract
A facile and novel strategy for preparing mesoporous crystalline copper-polyaniline composite is reported wherein the reaction is carried out at room temperature using copper nitrate as the oxidizing agent and methanol as the solvent. The composite obtained as a precipitate has been characterized using UV-visible absorption spectroscopy (UV-vis), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), nitrogen adsorption-desorption method, Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) method, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller method (BET) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The XRD studies in conjunction with the BJH method reveals that the composite has crystalline nature with a mesoporous structure and has a diameter of 3.5 nm. The specific surface area of copper-polyaniline composite is estimated to be as high as 63.2 m 2 g -1 using the BET surface area plot. The characterization of the filtrate indicates the presence of pernigraniline with a very small weight percent of copper. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
About the journal
JournalEuropean Polymer Journal
ISSN00143057
Open AccessNo
Concepts (29)
  •  related image
    BARRETT-JOYNER-HALENDA METHODS
  •  related image
    Bet surface area
  •  related image
    BJH METHODS
  •  related image
    BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER METHOD
  •  related image
    COPPER NITRATE
  •  related image
    Copper-polyaniline composite
  •  related image
    Crystalline nature
  •  related image
    FTIR
  •  related image
    Mesoporous
  •  related image
    MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES
  •  related image
    NITROGEN ADSORPTION-DESORPTION
  •  related image
    NOVEL STRATEGIES
  •  related image
    Oxidizing agents
  •  related image
    PERNIGRANILINE
  •  related image
    Room temperature
  •  related image
    Synthetic strategies
  •  related image
    Uv-visible absorption spectroscopy
  •  related image
    WEIGHT PERCENT
  •  related image
    Xrd studies
  •  related image
    Crystalline materials
  •  related image
    Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
  •  related image
    Mesoporous materials
  •  related image
    Methanol
  •  related image
    Organic solvents
  •  related image
    Polyaniline
  •  related image
    Scanning electron microscopy
  •  related image
    Thermogravimetric analysis
  •  related image
    X ray diffraction
  •  related image
    Copper