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==Historical development== Polyaniline was discovered in the 19th century by F. Ferdinand Runge (1794β1867), Carl Fritzsche (1808β1871), John Lightfoot (1831β1872), and Henry Letheby (1816β1876).<ref>{{cite journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625113154/https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/subs/article/view/30/20|archive-date=25 June 2022|first=Seth C.|last=Rasmussen|date=6 October 2017|url=https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/subs/article/view/30|publisher=[[Firenze University Press]]|title=The Early History of Polyaniline: Discovery and Origins|journal=Substantia|url-status=live|volume=1|issue=2|pages=99β109|doi=10.13128/substantia-30}} [https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/subs/article/view/30/20 PDF version]</ref> Lightfoot studied the oxidation of aniline, which had been isolated only 20 years previously. He developed the first commercially successful route to the dye called '''Aniline black'''.<ref name=Ullmann>{{Ullmann|author=Horst Berneth|year=2002|doi=10.1002/14356007.a03_213.pub2|title=Azine Dyes}}</ref><ref name=Mac>{{cite journal|doi=10.1002/1521-3773(20010716)40:14<2581::AID-ANIE2581>3.0.CO;2-2|title="Synthetic Metals": A Novel Role for Organic Polymers (Nobel Lecture)|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|volume=40|issue=14|pages=2581β2590|year=2001|last1=MacDiarmid|first1=Alan G.}}</ref> The first definitive report of polyaniline did not occur until 1862, which included an [[electrochemical|electrochemical method]] for the determination of small quantities of aniline.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1039/JS8621500161|title=XXIX.-On the production of a blue substance by the electrolysis of sulphate of aniline|journal=Journal of the Chemical Society|volume=15|pages=161β163|year=1862|last1=Letheby|first1=H.|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1429749}}</ref> From the early 20th century on, occasional reports about the structure of PANI were published. [[File:Polyaniline structure.svg|thumb|right|400px|Structures of polyaniline (n+m = 1, x = half degree of polymerization).]] Polymerized from the inexpensive [[aniline]], polyaniline can be found in one of three idealized [[oxidation]] states:<ref name=Feast>{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/0032-3861(96)00439-9|title=Synthesis, processing and material properties of conjugated polymers|journal=Polymer|volume=37|issue=22|page=5017|year=1996|last1=Feast|first1=W.J.|last2=Tsibouklis|first2=J.|last3=Pouwer|first3=K.L.|last4=Groenendaal|first4=L.|last5=Meijer|first5=E.W.|citeseerx=10.1.1.619.5832}}</ref> * '''leucoemeraldine''' β white/clear & colorless (C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>NH)<sub>n</sub> * '''emeraldine''' β green for the emeraldine salt, blue for the emeraldine base ([C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>NH]<sub>2</sub>[C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>N]<sub>2</sub>)<sub>n</sub> * '''(per)nigraniline''' β blue/violet (C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>N)<sub>n</sub> In the figure, ''x'' equals half the [[degree of polymerization]] (DP). Leucoemeraldine with n = 1, m = 0 is the fully reduced state. Pernigraniline is the fully oxidized state (n = 0, m = 1) with [[imine]] links instead of [[amine]] links. Studies have shown that most forms of polyaniline are one of the three states or physical mixtures of these components. The emeraldine (n = m = 0.5) form of polyaniline, often referred to as emeraldine base (EB), is neutral, if doped (protonated) it is called emeraldine salt (ES), with the imine nitrogens protonated by an acid. Protonation helps to delocalize the otherwise trapped diiminoquinone-diaminobenzene state. Emeraldine base is regarded as the most useful form of polyaniline due to its high stability at room temperature and the fact that, upon doping with acid, the resulting emeraldine salt form of polyaniline is highly electrically conducting.<ref name=Mac/> Leucoemeraldine and pernigraniline are poor conductors, even when doped with an acid. The colour change associated with polyaniline in different oxidation states can be used in sensors and [[electrochromic device]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.electacta.2006.03.031|title=Development and characterization of flexible electrochromic devices based on polyaniline and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrene sulfonic acid)|journal=Electrochimica Acta|volume=51|issue=26|page=5858|year=2006|last1=Huang|first1=Li-Ming|last2=Chen|first2=Cheng-Hou|last3=Wen|first3=Ten-Chin}}</ref> Polyaniline sensors typically exploit changes in electrical conductivity between the different oxidation states or doping levels.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1021/nl035122e|title=Polyaniline Nanofiber Gas Sensors: Examination of Response Mechanisms|journal=Nano Letters|volume=4|issue=3|page=491|year=2004|last1=Virji|first1=Shabnam|last2=Huang|first2=Jiaxing|last3=Kaner|first3=Richard B.|last4=Weiller|first4=Bruce H.|bibcode=2004NanoL...4..491V}}</ref> Treatment of emeraldine with acids increases the electrical conductivity by up to ten orders of magnitude. Undoped polyaniline has a conductivity of {{val|6.28|e=-9}} S/m, whereas conductivities of {{val|4.60|e=-5}} S/m can be achieved by doping to 4% HBr.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Tikrit Journal of Pure Science |volume=17 |issue=2|year= 2012|url=http://www.iasj.net/iasj?func=fulltext&aId=62093 |title=Effect of Acidic Dopants properties on the Electrical Conductivity of Poly aniline|author=Hammo, Shamil M. }}</ref> The same material can be prepared by oxidation of leucoemeraldine. ===Synthesis=== Although the synthetic methods to produce polyaniline are quite simple, the mechanism of polymerization is probably complex. The formation of leucoemeraldine can be described as follows, where [O] is a generic oxidant:<ref name=Chiang>{{cite journal|last=Chiang|first=J.C.|author2=MacDiarmid, A. G. |title='Polyaniline': Protonic Acid Doping of the Emeraldine Form to the Metallic Regime|doi=10.1016/0379-6779(86)90070-6|journal=Synthetic Metals|year=1986|volume=1|issue=13|page=193}}</ref> :n C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>NH<sub>2</sub> + [O] β [C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>NH]<sub>n</sub> + H<sub>2</sub>O A common oxidant is [[ammonium persulfate]] in 1 M [[hydrochloric acid]] (other acids can be used). The polymer precipitates as an unstable [[Dispersion (chemistry)|dispersion]] with micrometer-scale particulates. (Per)nigraniline is prepared by oxidation of the emeraldine base with a [[peracid]]:<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/0379-6779(91)91145-Z|title=Polyaniline: Synthesis and properties of pernigraniline base|journal=Synthetic Metals|volume=41|issue=1β2|pages=621β626|year=1991|last1=MacDiarmid|first1=A.G.|last2=Manohar|first2=S.K.|last3=Masters|first3=J.G.|last4=Sun|first4=Y.|last5=Weiss|first5=H.|last6=Epstein|first6=A.J.|doi-access=free}}</ref> :{[C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>NH]<sub>2</sub>[C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>N]<sub>2</sub>}<sub>n</sub> + RCO<sub>3</sub>H β [C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>N]<sub>n</sub> + H<sub>2</sub>O + RCO<sub>2</sub>H Aniline can also be electrochemically polymerised directly onto conductive surfaces without the use of a chemical oxidant.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Boeva |first1=Zh. A. |last2=Sergeyev |first2=V. G. |date=September 2014 |title=Polyaniline: Synthesis, properties, and application |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1134/S1811238214010032 |journal=Polymer Science Series C |language=en |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=144β153 |doi=10.1134/S1811238214010032 |issn=1811-2382|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Chun |last2=Bai |first2=Hua |last3=Shi |first3=Gaoquan |date=2009 |title=Conducting polymer nanomaterials: electrosynthesis and applications |url=https://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=b816681c |journal=Chemical Society Reviews |language=en |volume=38 |issue=8 |pages=2397β2709 |doi=10.1039/b816681c |pmid=19623357 |issn=0306-0012|url-access=subscription }}</ref> ===Processing=== The synthesis of polyaniline nanostructures is facile.<ref>ΔiriΔ-MarjanoviΔ, G. Polyaniline Nanostructures, in Nanostructured Conductive Polymers (ed A. Eftekhari), 2010, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. {{doi|10.1002/9780470661338.ch2}} [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470661338.ch2/summary PDF]</ref> Using surfactant dopants, the polyaniline can be made dispersible and hence useful for practical applications. Bulk synthesis of [[polyaniline nanofibers]] has been researched extensively.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://vohweb.chem.ucla.edu/voh/classes/spring09/185ID40/paper7b.pdf |doi=10.1021/ja028371y |pmid=12517126 |title=Polyaniline Nanofibers: Facile Synthesis and Chemical Sensors |journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society |volume=125 |issue=2 |pages=314β5 |year=2003 |last1=Huang |first1=Jiaxing |last2=Virji |first2=Shabnam |last3=Weiller |first3=Bruce H. |last4=Kaner |first4=Richard B. |bibcode=2003JAChS.125..314H |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722135219/http://vohweb.chem.ucla.edu/voh/classes/spring09/185ID40/paper7b.pdf |archive-date=July 22, 2010 |citeseerx=10.1.1.468.6554 }}</ref> A multi-stage model for the formation of emeraldine base is proposed. In the first stage of the reaction the pernigraniline PS salt oxidation state is formed. In the second stage pernigraniline is [[organic reduction|reduced]] to the emeraldine salt as aniline monomer gets oxidized to the [[radical ion|radical cation]].<ref name=Feast/> In the third stage this radical cation couples with ES salt. This process can be followed by [[light scattering]] analysis which allows the determination of the absolute [[molar mass]]. According to one study in the first step a DP of 265 is reached with the DP of the final polymer at 319. Approximately 19% of the final polymer is made up of the aniline radical cation which is formed during the reaction.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1021/ja055327k|pmid=16316207|title=Absolute Molecular Weight of Polyaniline|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=127|issue=48|pages=16770β1|year=2005|last1=Kolla|first1=Harsha S.|last2=Surwade|first2=Sumedh P.|last3=Zhang|first3=Xinyu|last4=MacDiarmid|first4=Alan G.|last5=Manohar|first5=Sanjeev K.|bibcode=2005JAChS.12716770K }}</ref> Polyaniline is typically produced in the form of long-chain polymer aggregates, surfactant (or dopant) stabilized [[nanoparticle]] dispersions, or stabilizer-free nanofiber dispersions depending on the supplier and synthetic route. Surfactant or dopant stabilized polyaniline dispersions have been available for commercial sale since the late 1990s.<ref name="Wessling" />
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