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Electrospinning Nanofibers of PANI/PMMA Blends

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

Keyur Desai
Affiliation:
Center for Advanced Materials, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, One University Avenue, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854, U.S.A.
Changmo Sung
Affiliation:
Center for Advanced Materials, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, One University Avenue, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Electrically conducting organic polymers are a novel class of ‘synthetic metals’ that combine the chemical and mechanical properties of polymers with the electronic properties of metals and semiconductors. Electronically conducting polymers have been studied extensively owing to their applications in energy conversion devices, sensors, electro chromic devices, electromagnetic interference shielding (EMI), electronic circuits etc. Polyaniline - an organic conducting polymer - has been blended with poly methyl methacrylate and the blends have been electrospun to produce conducting nanofibers. The electrospun blends have been characterized to study fiber morphology and formulate conditions for nanofiber formation.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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