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Figure 4-12. a) Schematic representation of quinary multi-percolated morphology, the yellow
phase is PANI, the blue phase is HDPE, and all other phases are located between them, b)
schematic of a PANI network obtained after removal of all phases except PANI, and c) a 3D
image constructed from 2D SEM images of the interconnected PANI network in the quinary
15/20/15/25/25 PS/PS-co-PMMA/PMMA/PVDF/PANI blend after extraction of all other phases.
This figure clearly confirms that in a triple-percolated structure with PANI as the inner phase,
PANI will spread. As shown in Figure 4-11e, the PANI network in a multi-percolated structure
has branches with very thin walls. The range of thicknesses of the wall in this structure range
from a few hundred nanometers to 700 nanometers. Another important point that should be taken
into account is the actual content of pure PANI in the blends. The PANI used in this work is
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