Effect of dopant on the nanostructured morphology of poly (1-naphthylamine) synthesized by template free method

Abstract

The study reports some preliminary investigations on the template free synthesis of a scantly investigated polyaniline (PANI) derivative-poly (1-naphthylamine) (PNA) by template free method in presence as well as absence of hydrochloric acid (HCl) (dopant), using ferric chloride as oxidant. The polymerization was carried out in alcoholic medium. Polymerization of 1-naphthylamine (NPA) was confirmed by the FT-IR as well as UV-visible studies. The morphology and size of PNA particles was strongly influenced by the presence and absence of acid which was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies.