Conductive coatings have been studied for static dissipation and as microwave absorbing materials. The doping process of polyaniline (PAni), which makes it conductive, is an important stage that determines the coating performance. For this purpose, polyaniline was doped by reactive processing in a torque rheometer using different molar ratios between PAni and acid (PAni:CSA) at three different temperatures (80, 90, and 100-C). Aqueous solution doping was also used in the ratio of 1:2 of PAni/CSA, with the aim to investigate the influence of different methods of PAni doping on its characteristics and, consequently, on the performance of coatings. Thermal analyses of the processed materials showed that PAni doped by both routes, reactive and solution processing, showed similar behaviors. X-ray diffraction analyses showed a semicrystalline structure for the PAni-CSA doped by reactive processing using high CSA concentrations and temperature. It was also observed that the doping process affects the dispersion of the components into the conductive coatings. Microwave absorption measurements (8-12 GHz) of PU-doped PAni blends showed the dependence of the doping type, the PAni-CSA concentration, and the mixing conditions of the components on the coating performance; it was found up to 99% of attenuation of the incident radiation for some composites in a narrow frequency range. The microwave absorption efficiency of the coating samples prepared by using the reactive doping process indicates the advantage of this methodology over solution doping. Moreover, the reactive process addresses the environmental requirements.

Neste trabalho preparou-se tintas condutoras baseadas em blendas de poliuretano contendo polianilina em diferentes proporções. Estudou-se as influências do método de dopagem da polianilina (PAni) e do tempo de processamento da mistura no comportamento reológico da tinta. Verificou-se que a dopagem, com o ácido dodecilbenzeno sulfônico (DBSA), por processamento reativo (PAni-DBSA-pr) afetou, de maneira mais acentuada, a viscosidade da tinta devido, principalmente, ao excesso de ácido dopante presente nessa amostra. Esse efeito foi observado pelas análises reológicas devido às alterações nos valores de viscosidade complexa, controlando-se o tempo de repouso das misturas. Medidas espectrofotométricas na região do infravermelho foram realizadas para verificar a ocorrência de interações entre os componentes da mistura (o poliuretano e a polianilina), constatando-se que, possivelmente, não ocorreram ligações químicas, mas somente interações físicas. Observou-se também que, amostras contendo 15% (m/m) de PAni-DBSA-pr absorveram aproximadamente 48% da radiação eletromagnética incidente (8-12 GHz), indicando a viabilidade do uso desta tinta como material absorvedor de radiação.

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In this work, the influence of polyaniline (PAni) doped with both camphorsulfonic acid (PAni‐CSA) and dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (PAni‐DBSA) on polyurethane (PU)/PAni blends was studied by rheological and morphological analyses. The effect of doped polyaniline on the attenuation of incident microwave radiation, in the frequency range from 8.0 to 12.0 GHz, was also investigated. The complex viscosity (η*) of PAni‐DBSA blends is observed to vary more significantly as a function of resting time than PAni‐CSA blends. This behavior is attributed to a better dispersion of PAni particles into the matrix on account of the presence of smaller agglomerates, as observed by optical and electron microscopy. However, this behavior has not been determinant on microwave absorption by the blends, with those that contain PAni‐CSA showing higher attenuation values. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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