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POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
Volume 19, Issue 8, Pages 1142-1148Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD
DOI: 10.1002/pat.1106
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polyaniline film; pH sensor; quartz crystal microbalance
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The pH sensitivity based on conducting polyaniline (PANI) and copolymer of aniline and o-anthranilic acid (AA) films were studied using quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technique and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The sensor was constructed from these polymer films coated on the electrode of the QCM. The resonant frequency changes as a function of pH in the range of 2-12 were measured. These changes are quantitative indication of the degree of dedoping or redoping of the polymer films upon the subsequent exposure of the electrode to 0.25 M sulfuric acid and different pH solutions. There are two linear regressions between the frequency change and pH with two different and opposite slopes in the regions from 2 to 9 and 9 to 12. The pH sensitivity of the copolymer film was found to be less than using the PANI film. Thin films of PANI and copolymer, which were chemically polymerized in a sulfuric acid solution, were deposited onto the inner walls of the quartz cuvettes. The UV-Vis absorption spectra of these films were measured in different pH solutions. Relations between the maximum absorption and its wavelength versus pH were constructed. The copolymer film shows some advantages over the PANI film. The difference between the PANI and copolymer films as pH sensors using the QCM and electronic absorption extends from the determination of pK(a) for both films. Copyright (c) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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