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Effect of isopropyl alcohol for bimodal dispersion of silver nanoparticles inside polyaniline emeraldine base thin film

SYED ABDUL MOIZ1,* , SYED MUHAMMAD IMRAN2, SANG MIN KIM2, AHMED MUHAMMAD NAHHAS1, HEE TAIK KIM2,*

Affiliation

  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
  2. Department of Fusion Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan 426-791, South Korea

Abstract

The effects of isopropyl alcohol (IPA) on the dispersion of bi modal silver nanoparticles inside polyaniline emeraldine base (Ag PANIEB) as nanocomposite were investigated and discussed. Firstly, the bimodal Ag nanoparticles were synthesized with the help of precipitation method by semi batch reactor and then ultrasonically blended inside the PANIEB matrix in the presence/absence of IPA followed by various characterization of Ag PANIEB. It was observed that the bimodal dispersion of Ag nanoparticles inside PAIEB thin film was significantly improved in the presence of isoprop yl alcohol (IPA). Such bimodal dispersion of Ag nanoparticles in the presence of IPA also enhances the electrical response of the Ag PANIEB nanocomposite. A mechanism explaining the improvement in electrical response of bimodal Ag PANIEB nanocomposite in t he presence of IPA is proposed and discussed..

Keywords

Nanocomposites, Polyaniline, Ag nanoparticles, Electrical chara cterization, Bimodal dispersion.

Citation

SYED ABDUL MOIZ, SYED MUHAMMAD IMRAN, SANG MIN KIM, AHMED MUHAMMAD NAHHAS, HEE TAIK KIM, Effect of isopropyl alcohol for bimodal dispersion of silver nanoparticles inside polyaniline emeraldine base thin film, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 6, 11-12, November-December 2012, pp.1113-1117 (2012).

Submitted at: July 30, 2012

Accepted at: Oct. 30, 2012