“Pseudo-Protonic Acid Doping” of Polyaniline

1 January 1988

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Incorporating Nonlinear Optics

Vol. 160 (1) , 223
https://doi.org/10.1080/15421408808083016

Abstract

The emeraldine oxidation state of polyaniline, in its base form may be doped to the metallic conducting regime by aqueous HCl in a novel protonation reaction to form the corresponding emeraldine hydrochloride salt which exists as the paramagnetic semiquinone radical cation:

Keywords

POLYANILINE
PSEUDO PROTONIC ACID
PROTONIC ACID DOPING