Volume 124, Issue 6 pp. 5097-5105

Investigation on microstructural behavior of styroflex/polyaniline blends by WAXS

Siddaramaiah

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Siddaramaiah

Department of Polymer Science and Technology, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore-570006, India

Department of Polymer Science and Technology, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore-570006, India===Search for more papers by this author
Fernando G. Souza Jr.

Fernando G. Souza Jr.

Institute of Macromolecules, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Tecnologia, Bl J, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21945-970, Brazil

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Bluma G. Soares

Bluma G. Soares

Institute of Macromolecules, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Tecnologia, Bl J, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21945-970, Brazil

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R. Somashekar

R. Somashekar

Department of Studies in Physics, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore-570006, India

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First published: 12 December 2011
Citations: 6

Abstract

Styroflex/polyaniline (STF/PAni) blends were prepared by two routes namely by in situ and thermo mechanical processing method with various PAni compositions, namely, 0, 15, 30, and 45 wt %. The influence of volume fraction of PAni in the blends and synthetic routes of the STF/PAni blends on the volume resistivity and microcrystalline parameters have been investigated. The microcrystalline parameters such as the nanocrystal size (<N>), lattice disorder (g), interplanar distance (dhkl), width of the crystallite size distribution, surface weighted crystal size (Ds), and crystallite area were evaluated from the wide angle X-ray scattering profiles. The different asymmetric column length distribution functions namely, exponential, reinhold, and lognormal distribution methods were employed to probe the microcrystalline behavior of the STF/PAni blends and the results are compared. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2011

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