Chemical synthesis of poly(aniline-co-o/m-toluidine)/V2O5 nano composites and their characterizations

Chemical oxidative polymerization of aniline (ANI) and o/m-toluidine (OT or MT) and their nano composites at different experimental conditions were performed using peroxydisulfate (PDS) as a lone chemical initiator and V2O5 as a host material in an aqueous HCl medium at 45 °C under nitrogen atmosphere. The nano composites were synthesized under different experimental conditions and were characterized by Fourier transform infra red (FTIR) spectroscopy, conductivity measurements, high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) like analytical tools. The effect of methyl substituent in the phenyl ring of ANI derivatives on the structure and property relationship of copolymer was studied.