Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.85, No.11, 2287-2293, 2002
Electrically conductive semi-IPNs based on polyaniline and crosslinked polyvinylacetate
Electrically conductive semi-IPNs based on polyaniline and crosslinked polyvinylacetate were prepared. Polyaniline successfully percolated through the crosslinked PVAc networks and the resulting semi-IPNs show a continuous network morphology. The conductivity of the semi-IPN increases with increasing content of polyaniline and increasing acidity used during the polymerization of the polyaniline. The conductivity of the semi-IPN is 0.13 S/cm, with the highest polyaniline content of 19.3 wt %. The depression of polyaniline with temperature change is smallest followed by the depression of semi-IPN of the polyaniline/crosslinked polyvinylacetate, which is considerably smaller than the depression of crosslinked polyvinylacetate.