Rusen E, Diacon A, Mocanu A, Nistor LC. Novel facile method for obtaining CdSe/polyaniline/C60 composite materials.
Sci Rep 2016;
6:32237. [PMID:
27572228 PMCID:
PMC5004180 DOI:
10.1038/srep32237]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
This study presents a novel method for the oxidative polymerization of aniline (ANI) by employing fullerene C60/cadmium selenide (CdSe) quantum dots, as promoting agent of the polymerization system. The polymerization initiation mechanism is based on the difference between the HOMO-LUMO energy levels of the components which permits the formation of a continuous donor-acceptor exchange. Both the polymerization reaction evolution and the molecular weights of the obtained polymers have been characterized. The novelty of the paper consists in the synthesis of a novel nano-composite material through a novel polymerization technique. The resulting material containing PANI, CdSe quantum dots and C60 has been characterized by UV-Vis, NIR, fluorescence, TEM and GPC analyses.
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