Absolute molecular weight of poly-o-toluidine

PHYS 447

Sumedh Surwade, Sumedh_Surwade@student.uml.edu, Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Ave, Lowell, MA 01854, Harsha Kolla, kollahus@yahoo.com, Cytec Industries Inc, 1937 West Main Street, PO Box 60, Stamford, CT 06904, and Sanjeev K. Manohar, sanjeev_manohar@uml.edu, Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Ave, Lowell, MA 01854.
Using a 3-angle light scattering instrument equipped with a 785 nm laser, the absolute molecular weights of poly(2-methylaniline) bases in the pernigraniline, emeraldine, and leucoemeraldine oxidation states have been measured for the first time. These results are consistent with the 2-step mechanism for aniline polymerization that proceeds via the intermediacy of the pernigraniline oxidation state.
 

PHYS Poster Session - Nanostructured Materials and Nanophotonics
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