Synthesis and Study on Conductivity of Urethane Acrylate/Polyaniline/CuO Nanocomposites

In this research, novel conductive nanocomposites containing urethane acrylate (ua) and polyaniline/copper (ii) oxide nanocomposites (pani-cuo) were synthesized. at first polyaniline/cuo nanocomposites with different amount of cuonanoparticleswere prepared by chemical oxidationpolymerization of aniline using ammonium peroxydisulfate as an oxidizing agent. afterward, ua-pani-cuo nanocomposites were mixed and then cured by ultraviolet irradiation. analytical tests (ftir and uv–vis spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction) approved chemical structure of synthesized materials. the sem images of the nanocomposites showed uniform distribution of cuo nanoparticles in pani matrix and ua-pani-cuo in urethane acrylate matrix. electrical conductivity measurements of pani-cuo nanocomposites revealed that the conductivity of pani decreased with adding content of cuo nanoparticles, also the conductivity of ua increased with adding pani-cuo.