A Comparative Study of PANI and It's Copolymer Poly(aniline-co-o-nitroaniline)

Abstract

The investigation of chemical co-polymerization of aniline and ortho nitroanilinein acidic medium was done. Ammonium persulphate (APS) acted as the oxidizing agent. Synthesis of PANI and its copolymer was done followed by characterization using FTIR analysis to assess bonding pattern. Detection of copolymer, its crystallinity and orientation was achieved using XRD technique. To determine the heat resistance of the copolymer, TGA was employed. One of the prominent uses of synthetic poly (aniline-co-o-nitroaniline) is that it is used as a semiconducting material in many electronic devices.