Sorption and Diffusion of Water Vapor and Carbon Dioxide in Sulfonated Polyaniline as Chemical Sensing Materials

A hybrid quantum mechanics (QM)/molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is performed to investigate the effect of an ionizable group (–SO3−Na+) on polyaniline as gas sensing materials. Polymers considered for this work include emeraldine base of polyaniline (EB-PANI) and its derivatives (Na-SPANI (I), (I...

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Main Authors: Qiuhua Liang, Junke Jiang, Huaiyu Ye, Ning Yang, Miao Cai, Jing Xiao, Xianping Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-04-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/5/606