Mirzaagha Babazadeh - Department of Chemistry, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz
Maryam Seyyed Hosseini - Department of Chemistry, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz

This research work describes an efficient method to synthesize and characterization of polythiophen/ titanium dioxide (PTP/TiO(2))nanocomposites by one-step in situ polymerization of thiophene, using FeCl3 as an oxidant in the presence of different amount of TiO(2) nanoparticles. The obtained nanocomposites were characterized by Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the conductivity by Four point probe technique. The obtained results confirmed that TiO(2) nanoparticles are encapsulated by PTP.

Nanocomposite; Conducting polymers; Polythiophen; Titanium dioxide; In situ polymerization