Abstract
Conducting composite systems containing polyaniline layers produced on the surface and inside the pores of polyethylene support have been prepared. Microporous polyethylene films were obtained by melt extrusion with subsequent annealing, uniaxial extension, and thermal fixation. Polyaniline layers were formed by in-situ polymerization of aniline onto polyethylene porous support placed into the aqueous reaction mixture. Structural and chemical transformations upon heating of these systems in air in free state and in vacuum under load have been investigated by thermo-mechanical tests, IR spectrometry, and electron microscopy. Changes in mechanical properties of composites after heating have been analyzed. Composite systems have been found to demonstrate a considerably lower shrinkage upon heating than microporous polyethylene substrates. It has been discovered that the composites preserve mechanical integrity on heating up to temperatures much higher than the polyethylene melting point. It is concluded that thermo-mechanical behaviour of the composites is determined by the space-continuous phase of polyaniline on the surface and in the bulk of polyethylene support.
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