A simple route to silver/polyaniline nanocomposite

Javed R. Mondal and S. Bhattacharya

Citation: AIP Conf. Proc. 1512, 148 (2013); doi: 10.1063/1.4790954

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 A Simple Route to Silver/Polyaniline Nanocomposite
Javed R. Mondal and S. Bhattacharya*

Department of Physics, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, Pin-741235

* Corresponding author (E-mail: subhratanu1@gmail.com)

Abstract. Silver nanoparticles incorporated polyaniline composites were obtained through the chemical oxidation of
aniline monomer in presence of pre synthesized Ag nanoparticles. D-CSA was used as the dopant acid which formed a
template for the heterogeneous growth of polyaniline on the surface of silver nanoparticles. XRD, UV-Visible data and
TEM image confirm the formation of the nanocomposite. The electrical results show superior properties than that of the
pristine due to the effect of the nanoparticles.
Keywords: Polyaniline, Silver nanoparticles, Nanocomposites;
PACS: 70; 80

INTRODUCTION The pre cooled oxidant solution Ammonium

Considerable research interest has grown over the
years to generate nanomaterial incorporated
conjugated polymer hybrid materials in the form of
colloids, films and bulk using various techniques
including sol–gel synthesis [1], electrochemical [2]
and photochemical deposition [3] due to their superior
properties such as superior electro-catalytic activity [4]
memory devices [5] and others, as compared to those
of pure polymeric materials.
In the present work, we developed a simple
template-free polymerization method for the synthesis
of highly uniform and monodisperse silver
nanoparticle incorporated polyaniline nanocomposite
in presence of the dopant D-Camphor sulphonic acid,
which forms a micellar networks in water along with
aniline that hold the Ag-nano-particles as nucleation
peroxodisulfate (APS) was added drop wise to the pre-
cooled D-CSA/Aniline salt solution under vigorous
stirring in an ice bath. After 5 minutes the silver
nanoparticle sol was added to the reaction mixture
slowly under stirring. After one hours the reaction
mixture kept immobilized for next 15 hours at 0-5 0C
to complete the reaction. The dark green
nanocomposite powder obtained by vacuum filtration
was washed several times with de-ionized water, ethanol,
and ethyl ether to remove the impurities and then dried
under dynamic vacuum for 24 h at 60 qC.
Pure polyaniline was prepared following the same
procedure described above without addition of silver.
Characterizations
25.25

center for the heterogeneous growth and

20.1

38.01

polymerization of the aniline on the surface of the

44.35

64.24

nanoparticles. The structural and electrical properties

of the materials have been studied and compared with
Intensity (a.u.)

Ag/(Pani:CSA)(0.5:1)
that of the pristine.
25.5
20.2

Experimental
Colloidal Silver nanoparticles were prepared by
(Pani: CSA)=(0.5:1)
the reduction of silver nitrate solution with sodium
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
borohydrate (NaBH4) in presence of 2T (degree)
cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) used as
cationic surfactant and confirmed by the UV-visible
FIGURE 1 X-ray diffractograms of pure and
nanoparticle incorporated doped polyaniline.
and TEM measurement.

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Figure 1 depicts the X-ray diffractograms of the 0.02

Current (amp)
samples which clearly indicated the presence of silver
nanoparticles along with polyaniline within the 0.01
samples with the comparison of JCPDS data.
0.00
408 CTAB stabilised -4 -2 0 2 4
Intensity (a.u.)
Ag nanoparticles
Voltage (V)
-0.01
Intensity (a.u.)

(a)
-0.02
400 600 800 0.012
Wavelength nm

Real conductivity (S cm-1)

344 423 0.009 CSA:An (0.5:1)
Ag/ (CSA:An)(0.5:1)
Ag-[Pani-CSA(0.5:1)]
350 423 0.006

Pani-CSA(0.5:1)
0.003

300 400 500 600 700 800 900

Wavelength nm
(b)
FIGURE 2 Uv-visible spectra of different synthesized
2 3 4 5 6
materials. A spectrum of Ag nano colloid is shown at the 10 10 10 10 10

inset. Frequency (Hz)

UV-vis absorption spectra of the samples FIGURE 4 (a) I-V characteristics and (b) ac
dispersed in distilled water are shown in Figure 2. The conductivity of the samples at room
spectra at inset shows distinct Plasmon resonance
absorption peak of silver nanoparticle at ~400 nm. The shown in Figure 4 (a) and (b) respectively. Both the
characteristic absorption peaks of polyaniline is samples show typical semiconducting nature as
observed from spectra of CSA doped polyaniline observed from the I-V characteristics shown in Figure
which is slightly blue shifted due to the incorporation 4(a). Figure 4(b) depicts the frequency dependent real
of silver nanoparticle as observed from the spectra of part of conductivity within the frequency range 42 hz
nanocomposite. to 5MHz. It is noteworthy that the incorporation of Ag
nanoparticles the ac conductivity of the polyaniline
increased largely which may be due to the increase of
charge density and percolation pathway in presence of
the silver nanoparticles in the network.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Authors thankfully acknowledge the Department
of Science and Technology for the financial support
under the Fast Track project scheme (SR/FTP/PS-
42/2009).

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