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Conducting polymersOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
In recent year’s polymer/layered silicate nanocomposites have attracted great interest, both in industry and in academia, because they often exhibit remarkable improvement in materials properties when compared with virgin polymer or conventional micro and macro-composites. On the other hand, conducting polymers have also attracted much attention due to their many promising technological applications, as for example microelectronic devices, electroluminescence devices, corrosion inhibitors, and chemical sensors. Among conducting polymers, polypyrrole (Ppy) is particularly attractive because of its simple synthesis, high conductivity and excellent environment stability. However, Ppy has some limitations that should be optimized, as insolubility, infusibility, poor processability and lacks essential mechanical properties, and low adsorption characteristics which may limit its potential applications. Efforts to overcome these drawbacks have led to numerous researches on the synthesis of Ppy by both electrochemical and chemical routes. Among them, a significant strategy to approach both high electrical conductivity and desirable mechanical properties is preparing blends or composites of Ppy with other insulating polymers having desirable mechanical properties [60–64]. Clay minerals have been adapted to the field of nanocomposites because of their small particle size and intercalation property, especially in the application of reinforcement materials with polymers [313].