Synthesis and Characterization of Poly (aniline-co-fluoroaniline)

Abstract

The polyaniline is widely study conducting polymer due to its application in several devices such as biosensor, gas sensor etc. The polymer based on substituted aniline has been found to show better solubility, modified interfacial property and polymerization. The studies in the present work are related with synthesis, characterization and polymerization of poly (aniline-co-fluoroaniline). The poly (aniline-co-fluoroaniline) has been synthesized by using copolymerization of aniline and fluoroaniline monomers. The FT-IR studies has shown vibration band at 1128 cm-1, which confirms the attachment of fluoro group. The fluoro maxima in UV-visible spectroscopy have been observed at 321 nm and 579 nm for the poly (aniline-co-fluoroaniline), which is slightly less as compared to polyaniline. The redox peaks in cyclic voltammetry is coming at 0.28 V respectively and in the subsequent scans the increased anodic current has confirmed the polymerization of poly (aniline-co-fluoroaniline).