The electrorheological properties of polyaniline suspensions

A synthetic route to 1-(4-boronobenzyl)-1H-pyrrole

The synthesis of 1-(4-boronobenzyl)- 1H-pyrrole was investigated using three different routes. Two key routes that involved the introduction of the boronate group protected as the pinacol ester, failed, due to deprotection problems. The route involving the introduction of the boronate group as the final step of the reaction yielded 1-(4-boronobenzyl)- 1H-pyrrole (10).

Pickering Emulsion Polymerized Polyaniline/Zinc-ferrite Composite Particles and Their Dual Electrorheological and Magnetorheological Responses

A functional raspberry-like core-shell composite particle consisting of a conducting polyaniline (PANI) core and magnetic zinc ferrite shell is synthesized by Pickering emulsion polymerization. The morphology and chemical structure of the PANI/zinc-ferrite composite are evaluated by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. An electrorheological/magnetorheological fluid consisting of the PANI/zinc-ferrite composite dispersed in silicone oil with a particle concentration of 5 vol % is fabricated. Its rheological characteristics under external electric and magnetic fields are investigated by using a rotational rheometer. Under the electric or magnetic field, the PANI/zinc-ferrite particles form chain-like structures, demonstrating a solid-like state.

Low-Temperature Interfacial Polymerization and Enhanced Electro-Responsive Characteristic of Poly(ionic liquid)s@polyaniline Core-shell Microspheres

The synthesis of monodisperse poly(ionic liquid)s (PILs) microspheres coated with semiconducting polyaniline (PANI) shell is reported, which shows enhanced electro-responsive electrorheological (ER) effect but decreased power consumption compared to neat PIL microspheres. The monodisperse PIL microspheres are first prepared via dispersion polymerization and then PANI is coated via low-temperature interfacial polymerization of aniline on the surface of hydrophobic PIL microspheres without additional modification. The stimulus-responsive ER effect of the core-shell microspheres when dispersing in insulating oil are investigated under electric fields. The power-law of yield stress versus electric field strength and the dielectric relaxation spectroscopy are analyzed to understand the ER effect and the origin of property enhancement. It demonstrates that the semiconducting PANI shell can well limit the irreversible ion leakage of PIL microspheres and improve the particle polarizability, resulting in decreased power consumption but enhanced electro-responsive ER effect.

Polyaniline Coated Core-Shell Typed Stimuli-Responsive Microspheres and Their Electrorheology

Functional core-shell-structured particles have attracted considerable attention recently. This paper reviews the synthetic methods and morphologies of various electro-stimuli responsive polyaniline (PANI)-coated core-shell-type microspheres, including PANI-coated Fe₃O₄, SiO₂, Fe₂O₃, TiO₂, poly(methyl methacrylate), poly(glycidyl methacrylate), and polystyrene along with their electrorheological (ER) characteristics when prepared by dispersing these particles in an insulating medium. In addition to the various rheological characteristics and their analysis, such as shear stress and yield stress of their ER fluids, this paper summarizes some of the mechanisms proposed for ER fluids to further understand the responses of ER fluids to an externally applied electric field.

Electrorheology of nanofiber suspensions

Electrorheological (ER) fluid, which can be transformed rapidly from a fluid-like state to a solid-like state under an external electric field, is considered to be one of the most important smart fluids. However, conventional ER fluids based on microparticles are subjected to challenges in practical applications due to the lack of versatile performances. Recent researches of using nanoparticles as the dispersal phase have led to new interest in the development of non-conventional ER fluids with improved performances. In this review, we especially focus on the recent researches on electrorheology of various nanofiber-based suspensions, including inorganic, organic, and inorganic/organic composite nanofibers. Our goal is to highlight the advantages of using anisotropic nanostructured materials as dispersal phases to improve ER performances.

Electrorheological properties of polyaniline suspensions: Field-induced liquid to solid transition and residual gel structure

Polyaniline (PANI) was synthesized via oxidative coupling polymerization in acid conditions and de-doped in solution of ammonia. The electrorheological (ER) properties of the PANI/silicone oil suspensions were investigated in oscillatory shear as functions of electric field strength, particle concentration, and host fluid viscosity. Consistent with literature, the PANI ER fluid exhibits viscoelastic behavior under the applied electric field and the ER response is strongly enhanced with increasing electric field strength and particle concentration. The dynamic moduli, G' and G'' increase dramatically, by 5 orders of magnitude, as the electric field strength is increased to 2 kV/mm. A viscoelastic liquid to solid transition occurs at a critical electric field strength, in the range Ec = 50-200 V/mm, whose value depends on particle concentration and host fluid viscosity. The fibrillar structure formed in the presence of the applied field has a static yield strength tau(y), whose value scales with electric field strength as tau(y) approximately E(1.88). When the field is switched off a residual structure remains, whose yield stress increases with the strength of the applied field and particle concentration. When the applied stress exceeds the yield stress of the residual structure, fast, fully reversible switching of the ER response is obtained.

Electrorheological behavior of suspensions of a substituted polyaniline with long alkyl pendants

The electrorheological (ER) properties of poly(2-dodecyloxyaniline) (PDOA) suspensions in silicone oil were investigated. The ER behavior of such suspensions of polyaniline particles depends on the type of stabilizer and doping or dedoping level. Here we report on the ER behavior of particles of a substituted polyaniline with long alkyl pendants. Rheological measurements were carried out using a rotational rheometer with high-voltage generator in both constant shear stress and rate modes. Suspensions of the as-synthesized polyaniline particles in silicone oil showed a substantial ER response.

Electrorheological suspensions

The objective of this article is to give a review of electrorheological (ER) suspensions whose rheological properties can abruptly change under an external electric field. Attention is given to the physical backgrounds behind ER phenomena reported recently. The criteria on how to design a high performance ER fluid and mechanisms explaining how an ER suspension displays the ER effect are focused upon. We begin with a brief historic introduction, ER materials, followed by positive ER effect, negative ER effect and photo-ER effect discussions. The physical parameters that can substantially affect the ER effect are discussed thereafter, and physical processes occurring in ER suspensions under an electric field are reviewed. The mechanisms of the ER effect proposed before are summarized. A future outlook on the ER material development and ER fluid applications is given.

Dispersion Stability and Electrorheological Properties of Polyaniline Particle Suspensions Stabilized by Poly(vinyl methyl ether)

In the present article, a novel method of stabilization of a semi conductive polyaniline particle nonaqueous suspension of electrorheological (ER) materials was introduced. Using as the steric stabilizer poly(vinyl methyl ether) (PVME), a dispersion polymerization of aniline was performed and stable aqueous dispersions of the polyaniline were obtained. However, a stable colloidal suspension of polyaniline in silicone oil medium can be obtained only with a low concentration of PVME (0.75%), although the average size of the individual, redispersed particles in oil generally decreased with increasing concentration of PVME. At higher concentrations of PVME, formation of highly packed particle aggregates was investigated, as seen in the scanning electron microscopy images. The polyaniline suspension stabilized by 0.75% PVME content exhibited the best dispersing state and, therefore, showed the highest zero-field viscosity. Such a well-stabilized polyaniline suspension also showed the maximum ER property, namely the largest normalized yield stress in an electric field. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.

Correlation between Generated Shear Stress and Generated Permittivity for the Electrorheological Response of Colloidal Silica Suspensions

Electrorheological response was experimentally studied by the use of silicone oil suspensions containing submicrometer-sized and supermicrometer-sized silica particles with different amounts of adsorbed water. The simultaneous measurements of dielectric permittivity and shear stress of the suspensions were carried out after the application of alternating current voltage under steady shear in ranges of shear rate (150-1400 s(-1)), electric field strength (0-4 kV/mm), its frequency (30-1000 Hz), and particle volume fraction (0.1-0.3). For the particles with small amounts of adsorbed water, steady shear stress was attained within several minutes after the application of electric field. The steady-state data for both the particles at each electric field strength showed that the shear stress generated by the application of electric field, Deltatau, varied correlatively with the generated permittivity, Deltaepsilon(r) (= epsilon(r) - epsilon(r,oil)), where epsilon(r) and epsilon(r,oil) are the permittivities of the suspension and the silicon oil, respectively. Under a wide variety of experimental conditions, the steady-state data for both the particle sizes could be correlated with a simple relationship, Deltatau ~ (Deltaepsilon(r)E)(2), where E is electric field strength. For the particles with large amounts of adsorbed water, steady state was not attained, and the evolutions of shear stress and permittivity of the suspensions were measured after the application of electric field. Remarkably, the transient values of Deltatau varied with (Deltaepsilon(r)E)(2) and fell along the same correlation line as the steady-state data. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.