Acrylic Acid (AA) Based Polyaniline Composite for Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Sensors

Abstract

N-substituted PANI-ES was obtained from N-phenyl-β-alanine (N-substituted aniline). N-phenyl-β-alanine was synthesized chemically from methyl acrylate and aniline precursor. ESI-MS, H1NMR spectroscopy and FTIR spectroscopy are employed to characterise the N-phenyl-β-alanine for structure elucidation. The structure and properties of corresponding polymers were investigated by X-ray diffraction, FTIR, UV-Visible, H1NMR, FESEM, solubility, and DC conductivity. On the basis of experimental results of prepared N-substituted aniline monomer and its corresponding polymer is proposed. At room temperature, the average DC conductivity of as-prepared PANI polymers was found in semiconducting range, which is 0.153 S/cm for poly (3-methyl (phenyl amino) propionic acid. We also were analysed temperature dependent DC conductivity with and without magnetic field of as prepared PANI polymers to understand the conduction mechanism and it was followed variable-range hopping (VRH) process. In addition, we were discussed the response of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) with polyaniline based sensor materials.