Aniline-phenylenediamine copolymers

abstract ectrical conductivity of materials based on polyaniline can be controlled on submolecular level by the copolymerization of aniline with various phenylenediamines. The joint chemical oxidation of aniline with phenylenediamines yields products with the dc conductivity spanning over more than eleven orders of magnitude. The dependence of the conductivity on the composition of reaction mixture was investigated for all three comonomers, o-, m-, and p-phenylenediamine. The electrical properties of copolymers and mixtures of corresponding homopolymers are compared.