Studies on monodisperse core/shell conductive polymer composite materials (I) - Characterization of monodisperse core/shell polystyrene/polypyrrole structure

by Yang, Z. L.; Hou, W. B.; Liu, Z. P.; Huang, L. Y.; Peng, X. G.

Monodisperse core/shell latex particles composed of a polystyrene (PS) core and a thin conductive polypyrrole (PPy) shell were synthesized by means of two-stage emulsion polymerization. Proofs for the success of core/shell synthesis were obtained by using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Xray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Pressed pellet conductivity measurements on the dried composites indicated a low percolation threshold of 13.8%. The conductivity for the composites was higher than that of a heterogeneous admixture of dried PS latex and PPy bulk powder. The highest conductivity of the core/shell composite was 0.14 S/cm.

Journal
Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities-Chinese
Volume
23
Issue
10
Year
2002
Start Page
2014-2016
URL
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000178758400044
ISBN/ISSN
0251-0790