Conducting Polymers Functionalized with Phthalocyanine as Nitrogen Dioxide Sensors.docVIP

Sensors 2002, 2, 185-194 sensors ISSN 1424-8220 ? 2002 by MDPI /sensors Conducting Polymers Functionalized with Phthalocyanine as Nitrogen Dioxide Sensors S.Radhakrishnan* and S.D.Deshpande Polymer Science Engineering, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune- 411008 (India) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: srr@ems.ncl.res.in Received:18 April 2002 / Accepted: 10 May 2002 / Published: 15 May 2002 Abstract: The conducting polymers such as polyaniline, polypyrrole and polythiophene were functionalized with copper phthalocyanine using chemical oxida