Synthesis of novel polyaniline coated Polyester Fabrics by in-situ chemical solution polymerization

A conductive polyaniline-coated polyester fabric was prepared through chemical oxidative polymerization.The conductive fabric is fabricated by in-situ polymerization of polyaniline (PANI) on the Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) woven fabric at low temperature. The fabrics were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for their surface morphology and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for their chemical functionality. SEM revealed that better control over coating thickness and uniformity was achieved in Polaniline coated fabric where non-adherent nodular growth was observed in some regions. The result from FTIR-ATR showed that PANI coating process was carried out successfully

Keywords:

Polyaniline , PET fabric , In-situ polymerization , Conductive , uniform coating