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

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Abstract

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.

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