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CHAPTER 5 - 3D POROUS POLYMERIC MATERIAL WITH LOW<br />

5.1 Abstract<br />

PERCOLATION THRESHOLD OF CONDUCTIVE POLYMER<br />

PREPARED USING LBL DEPOSITION<br />

In this work a novel 3D porous polymeric conducting <strong>de</strong>vice (PPCD) is <strong>de</strong>rived from multipercolated<br />

polymer blend systems. The work has focused on the preparation of ultra-low surface<br />

area porous substrates followed by the <strong>de</strong>position of polyanilene conductive polymer (PANI) on<br />

the internal porous surface using a layer-by-layer technique. The approach reported here allows<br />

for the percolation threshold concentration of polyaniline conductive polymer (PANI) to be<br />

reduced to values as low as 0.19%. Furthermore, <strong>de</strong>pending on the amount of PANI <strong>de</strong>posited,<br />

the conductivity of the porous substrate can be controlled from 10 -15 S cm -1 to 10 -3 S cm -1 .<br />

Ternary and quaternary multi-percolated systems comprised of high-<strong>de</strong>nsity<br />

polyethylene(HDPE), polystyrene(PS), poly(methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) and poly(vinyli<strong>de</strong>ne<br />

fluori<strong>de</strong>)(PVDF) are prepared by melt mixing and subsequently annealed in or<strong>de</strong>r to obtain large<br />

interconnected phases. Selective extraction of PS, PMMA and PVDF result in a fully<br />

interconnected porous HDPE substrate of ultra low surface area and highly uniform sized<br />

channels. This provi<strong>de</strong>s an i<strong>de</strong>al substrate for subsequent polyaniline(PANI) addition. Using a<br />

layer-by-layer(LbL) approach, alternating poly(styrene sulfonate)(PSS)/PANI layers are<br />

<strong>de</strong>posited on the internal surface of the 3-dimensional porous polymer substrate. The PANI and<br />

sodium poly(styrene sulfonate)(NaPSS) both adopt an inter-diffused network conformation on<br />

the surface. The sequential <strong>de</strong>position of PSS and PANI has been studied in <strong>de</strong>tail and the mass<br />

<strong>de</strong>position profile <strong>de</strong>monstrates oscillatory behavior following a zigzag-type pattern. The<br />

presence of salt in the <strong>de</strong>position solution results in a more uniform <strong>de</strong>position and more thickly<br />

<strong>de</strong>posited PSS/PANI layers. The conductivity of these samples was measured and the<br />

conductivity can be controlled from 10 -15 S cm -1 to 10 -5 S cm -1 <strong>de</strong>pending on the number of<br />

<strong>de</strong>posited layers. Applying a load to the substrate can be used as an additional control parameter.<br />

Higher loads result in higher conductivity values with values as high as 10 -3 S cm -1 obtained. The<br />

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