Magnetic ionic liquid-assisted synthesis of polyanilineAgCl.pdf

RESEARCH PAPER Magnetic ionic liquid-assisted synthesis of polyaniline/AgCl nanocomposites by interface polymerization Qiang Zhang ? Fangjun Liu ? Liang Li ? Guoliang Pan ? Songmin Shang Received: 8 November 2009 / Accepted: 19 August 2010  Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 Abstract A simple strategy for the one-step syn- thesis of polyaniline/AgCl nanocomposites at the water/magnetic ionic liquid interface was reported. By controlling the reactive conditions, highly dis- persed polyaniline/AgCl nanocomposites with their size ranging around 50–80 nm were obtained with magnetic ionic liquid as the oxidant. Transmission electron microscopy was used to show the morphol- ogy of the nanocomposites. The nanocomposites were also characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and thermogravimet- ric analysis. Moreover, polyaniline/AgCl nanocom- posites on a glassy carbon electrode showed strong electrocatalytic activity for H2O2 and could be used to construct a H2O2 biosensor. Keywords Polyaniline  Nanoparticles  AgCl  Ionic liquid  Interface  Nanocomposites Introduction The nanocomposites with an organized structure usually provide a new functional hybrid, with syn- ergetic or complementary properties over their sin- gle-component counterparts, which have attracted considerable attention for their potential applications (Lo et al. 2007; Rickert et al. 2007). Conducting polymers, such as polyaniline (PANi), polypyrrole, polythiophene, and their derivatives, have recently been subjected to numerous investigations because of their potential advantages with regard to mechani- cal flexibility, electrical, and optical properties (Pillalamarri et al. 2005a, b; Chen et al. 2008; Thanpitcha et al. 2009). PANi is one of the tech- nologically most important materials because of its environmental stability in a conducting form, unique redox properties, and high conductivity with suitable dopants (McQuade et al. 2000). PANi composite material