Authors: Vijayalakshmi Rao P Praveen D Latha
Publish Date: 2016/08/13
Volume: 23, Issue: 9, Pages: 185-
Abstract
In this paper we report the grafting of polypyrrole PPy on to a biopolymer chitin Polypyrrole is chemically grafted onto chitin by using ammonium peroxydisulphate APS initiator in the presence of 1 M HCl The effects of concentration of polypyrrole on graft copolymer are studied by determining the grafting percentage Grafting of polymer is further verified by dissolution studies Grafted polymer samples are characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy FTIR UVVis absorption spectrum Xray diffraction XRD Differential scanning calorimetry DSC Thermogravimetric analysis TGA and conductivity studies Mechanism of grafting has been proposed on the basis of experimental results
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