Pickering emulsion polymerization of core-shell-structured polyaniline@SiO2 nanoparticles and their electrorheological response

We synthesized semiconducting polyaniline (PANI) nanoparticles through a solid-stabilized Pickering emulsion route using silica nanoparticles. Specific morphologies of the silica nanoparticle wrapped PANI particles were observed using both scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope, which showed the emulsifiability of silica nanoparticles in the emulsion system. Electrorheological (ER) behavior of this novel particle-based ER fluid dispersed in silicone oil was measured by a controlled shear stress rheometer and analyzed with a flow curve equation of Cho-Choi-Jhon model, which fitted well the flow curves measured in the exposed electric field.