Mechanical properties of conducting H-type polysiloxane-polypyrrole graft copolymers and polytetrahydrofuran-polypyrrole block copolymers

Biran C; Toppare L; Tincer T; Yagci Y; Harabagiu V

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.86, No.7, 1663-1666, 2002

Biran C, Toppare L, Tincer T, Yagci Y, Harabagiu V

The mechanical properties of block copolymers of polypyrrole and pyrrolyl-ended azobis-polytetrahydrofuran (TPPy) and graft copolymers of pyrrolyl-ended H-type polydimethylsiloxane (SPPy) were investigated and compared with those of polypyrrole (PPy), Conducting films were prepared electrochemically at a constant potential and doped with p-toluene sulfonate.

Keywords:polypyrroles;mechanical properties;conducting polymers;graft copolymers