Chemically modified graphene and polyaniline (PANI) nanofiber composites were prepared by in situ polymerization of aniline monomer in the presence of graphene oxide under acid conditions. The obtained graphene oxide/PANI composites with different mass ratios were reduced to graphene using hydrazine followed by reoxidation and reprotonation of the reduced PANI to give the graphene/PANI nanocomposites. The morphology, composition, and electronic structure of the composites together with pure polyaniline fibers (PANI-F), graphene oxide (GO), and graphene (GR) were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), solid-state 13C NMR, FT-IR, scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). It was found that the chemically modified graphene and the PANI nanofibers formed a uniform nanocomposite with the PANI fibers absorbed on the graphene surface and/or filled between the graphene sheets. Such uniform structur...

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Summary form only given. FT-IR and non-resonance FT-Raman spectra have been measured in three kinds of polyanilines (PANIs) chemically synthesized, i.e., leucoemeraldine base (LB), emeraldine base (EB) and pernigraniline base (PB) with different oxidation levels. In Raman spectra shown in Fig. 1, the peaks at about 1600 cm/sup -1/ and 1176 cm/sup -/ are attributed to benzenoid unit (B), while the peak at 1380 cm/sup -1/ are to benzenoid unit (Q). In IR spectra, we also observed several characteristic peaks in three PANIs, which are attributed to N-H stretching (3380 cm/sup -1/), C=C and C-C streching and bending modes (B : 1600, 1500, 1150 cm/sup -1/, Q : 1380, 1300 cm/sup -1/). The variations of oscillator strength at each IR and Raman peak among three PANIs are consistently interpreted in the viewpoint of the ratio of benzenoid and quinoid moieties.

H.S. Woo

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IR and ram-an studies in three polyanilines with different oxidation levels