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PANI. Theoretically, the extent of the PANI phase in sample B is calculated from the mass<br />

increase of sample B from gravimetric data represented in Figure A-2.1.<br />

Mass Increase(%)<br />

2,2<br />

2<br />

1,8<br />

1,6<br />

1,4<br />

1,2<br />

1<br />

0,8<br />

0,6<br />

0,4<br />

0,2<br />

0<br />

PANI<br />

PSS<br />

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35<br />

Number of layers<br />

Figure A-2.1. Mass increase (%) indicating cumulative <strong>de</strong>posited mass for both cases of<br />

solutions containing salt and without salt as a function of number of layers for sample(B)<br />

The oscillated behavior in Figure A-2.2 is neglected and the linear increase of PANI layers is<br />

taken into account. In 32 <strong>de</strong>posited PSS/PANI multilayers, the value of the average increase in<br />

thickness is 0.04% for PANI. Hence, for the 19 PANI layers, the mass increase becomes 0.76%.<br />

This means that for a 1g porous sample (HDPE+PANI+PSS), 0.0076g of PANI is available. By<br />

supposing that the <strong>de</strong>nsity of PANI is equal to 1, the total volume of the blend equivalent to 1g of<br />

HDPE is calculated as:<br />

m<br />

=<br />

ρ<br />

Equation A-2.1 HDPE ( ) 3<br />

V<br />

HDPE<br />

HDPE<br />

1−<br />

0.<br />

0076<br />

= = 1.<br />

167cm<br />

0.<br />

85<br />

Equation A-2.2 VHDPE<br />

0.<br />

333<br />

3<br />

=<br />

⇒ VTotal<br />

= 3.<br />

5cm<br />

V 1<br />

Total<br />

247

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