Polymer Bulletin, Vol.39, No.6, 755-760, 1997
Dynamic mechanical behaviour and thermal degradation of undoped polyaniline
Dynamical mechanical spectrometry experiments were performed on undoped polyaniline films to provide some information on the microstructure by the analysis of the molecular motions, A mechanical relaxation located at around 200 degrees C has been related to the polyaniline glass transition. At higher temperature, evidence is given for a thermal degradation which is attributed to crosslinking reactions as confirmed by thermogravimetry and FT-IR experiments.