Polyaniline (PANI) microspheres containing Fe3O4 nanoparticles are prepared by means of electrospinning technology using a blending chloroform solution of dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid (DBSA) doped polyaniline (PANI) with polyethylene glycol (PEG) and Fe3O4 nanoparticles. SEM images indicate that composite microspheres of PANI/PEG/Fe3O4 are prepared by means of electrospinning technology
and the diameters are in the range of 2~5 m
which are significantly influenced by the concentration of PEG polymer
the applied voltage and the mass ratio of Fe3O4 in the polymers. With increasing the concentration of PEG
cohesive microspheres turn into regular ones
meanwhile the diameters increase. In comparison
the increasing applied voltage results in gradually reduced diameters of the microspheres. In addition
the microspheres are hardly affected by the addition of various amounts of Fe3O4nanoparticles. It is found that the addition of Fe3O4nanoparticles does not affect the polymeric chain structure of PANI. However
the added Fe3O4nanoparticles contribute superparamagnetic properties to the composite microspheres
especially the saturated magnetization (Ms) increases with the increase of the adding content of Fe3O4 nanoparticles. Furthermore
the conductive ratio of the electrospinning conduct is about 110-6 S/cm.