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Electropolymerisation of N-Ethylanilinium Trifluoroacetate Ionic Liquid into Poly(N-Ethylaniline) and Control of its Morphology

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posted on 2024-11-02, 05:35 authored by Muhammad Abdelhamid, Graeme Snook, Tamar GreavesTamar Greaves, Anthony O'Mullane
In this paper, the electropolymerisation of pre-synthesised N-ethylanilinium trifluoroacetate, a protic ionic liquid (PIL), was carried out. The PIL served as the monomer precursor, solvent, and supporting electrolyte for the polymerisation process, and no additional acid was required due to the protic nature of the PIL. Two different morphologies of the poly(N-ethylaniline) were achieved by using different electropolymerisation approaches and the resultant films were soluble in the PIL precursor as well as a wide range of organic solvents. The use of anilinium based PILs, as polymerisation precursors, promises a greener approach for the production of polyanilines, as well as highly processable polymers.

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Journal

Australian Journal of Chemistry

Volume

70

Issue

9

Start page

985

End page

989

Total pages

5

Publisher

C S I R O Publishing

Place published

Australia

Language

English

Former Identifier

2006078896

Esploro creation date

2020-06-22

Fedora creation date

2017-10-20

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