Assessment of spectral,electrical and physical properties of polyaniline-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid salts

In the present study some results related to various properties polyaniline salt synthesized via inverse emulsion polymerization pathway [1] has been discussed. the synthesized pani salt was found to be completely soluble in tetrahydrofuran (thf),dimethyl sulfoxide (dmso),dimethylformamide (dmf),chloroform and in a mixture of toluene and 2-propanol. the synthesized polymer salt was also further characterized with cyclic voltammetry (cv),scanning electron microscope (sem),x-ray diffraction (xrd),uv-vis spectroscopy and viscosity measurements. thermogravimetric analysis (tga) was used to analyze the thermal properties of synthesized polymer. the extent of doping of the pani salt was determined from uv-vis spectra and tga analysis. the activation energy for the degradation of the polymer was calculated with the help of tga. © pakistan academy of sciences.