Physical Chemical Studies of Conducting Polymers Fundamental and Applied
Abstract
Reversible electroactive doping of conducting polymers was studied with a view toward the determination of important electroactive mechanisms in the polymers. Also the transport of solutes in polymer films was investigated. Research eventually focused on polyaniline where various modified Donnan phenomena were investigated both by means of theory and experiment. Films formed from proton doped emeraldine base proved to be a remarkably efficient gas selective membrane. The mechanism of this process was studied, also by means of theory and experiment. Proton doped polyaniline may be the most universal membrane for gas separations, and possibly the most important technological fallout of basic research on conducting polymers. Besides a number of publications in scientific journals, a patent has been granted to the use of doped conducting polymer films for separation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 20, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA270728
Entities
People
- Howard Reiss
Organizations
- University of California, Los Angeles