POLYPYRROLE GRAFTS WITH POLY[(METHYL METHACRYLATE)-CO-(2-(N-PYRROLYL)ETHYL METHACRYLATE)]

Conducting polymer grafts of pyrrole and poly[(methyl methacrylate)-co -(2-(N-pyrrolyl) ethyl methacrylate)] containing 0.7% PEMA units were prepared by potentiostatic anodic polymerization of pyrrole in differe nt electrolytic media. Grafting between copolymer and pyrrole was achi eved in media where tetrabutylammonium fluoroborate and sodium perchlo rate were used as the supporting electrolytes. Characterizations were made by using FT-IR, DSC, TGA, SEM, CV, and elemental analysis. The co nductivities of the resultant polymers seemed to be in the order of pu re polypyrrole prepared under the same conditions. Copyright (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.