Advanced Materials, Vol.10, No.16, 1351-1351, 1998
Inherently electrically conductive fibers wet spun from a sulfonic acid-doped polyaniline solution
Wet spinning of fibers from a solution of polyaniline doped with 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid (AMPSA) is reported. The fibers spun into selected coagulation solvents are inherently electrically conductive and can be cold drawn to extensions of >500 % with a concomitant rise in electrical conductivity of similar to 1500 %. The fibers appear to be void free and, when drawn, the strain-hardened fibers show final breaking strains of the order of 50 MPa. These fibers are stable in air and could be produced cheaply on an industrial scale.