Flexible Polyaniline/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Composite Fibers<i> via</i> Electrospinning and In Situ Polymerization for Ammonia Gas Sensing and Strain Sensing

Jia, Xian-Sheng; Tang, Cheng-Chun; Yan, Xu; Yu, Gui-Feng; Li, Jin-Tao; Zhang, Hong-Di; Li, Jun-Jie; Gu, Chang-Zhi; Long, Yun-Ze

doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/9102828

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Volume 2016 | Article ID 9102828 | https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/9102828

Flexible Polyaniline/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Composite Fibers via Electrospinning and In Situ Polymerization for Ammonia Gas Sensing and Strain Sensing

Xian-Sheng Jia,¹Cheng-Chun Tang,^1,2Xu Yan,¹Gui-Feng Yu,¹Jin-Tao Li,¹Hong-Di Zhang,¹Jun-Jie Li,²Chang-Zhi Gu,²and Yun-Ze Long^1,3

Academic Editor: Russell E. Gorga

Received26 Jul 2016

Revised10 Nov 2016

Accepted24 Nov 2016

Published21 Dec 2016

Abstract

Conducting polyaniline (PANI) was in situ polymerized at the surface of electrospun poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) fibers to obtain flexible composite fibers. The electrical conductivity of an individual PANI/PMMA composite fiber was estimated to be 2.0 × 10⁻¹ S cm⁻¹ at room temperature. The ammonia sensing properties of the samples were tested by impedance analysis. The PANI/PMMA fibers could obviously respond to low concentration of ammonia at ppb level and could respond to relatively high concentration of ammonia at 10 ppm level quickly. In addition, the sensitivity exhibited a good linear relationship to the ammonia concentration. Particularly, the flexible PANI/PMMA fibers showed a reversible change in electrical resistance with repeated cycles of bending and relaxing, and the electrical resistance decreased with the increase of curvature. These results indicate that the flexible PANI/PMMA composite fibers may be used in toxic ammonia gas detection, strain sensing, and flexible electronic devices.

1. Introduction

Nowadays, ultrathin fibers and fibrous membranes are well used in lithium-ion batteries [1, 2], supercapacitors [3], tissue engineering [4], drug delivery [5], sensors [6], and flexible electronic devices [7] because of high surface area, low weight, and good flexibility. There are many methods to fabricate ultrathin fibers such as hydrothermal method, carbothermal reduction, sol-gel method, solid-state chemical reaction, chemical vapor deposition, and electrospinning. Compared with other methods, electrospinning is a simple and convenient way to fabricate continuous long fibers. Various organic and inorganic materials have been prepared into ultrathin fibers by solvent electrospinning or melt electrospinning [8]. The morphology of electrospun fibers also could be beaded string [9], belt [10], porous structure [11], or totally hollow microtube [12, 13].

It is crucial to choose suitable materials for the fabrication of high-performance sensors. Using nanostructured materials to fabricate high sensitive sensors has attracted extensive concern for the high surface to volume ratio [14]. Another increasing tendency of developing smart sensors is to use flexible materials, which can overcome the structural restrictions of conventional sensors [15–18]. Polyaniline (PANI) is a promising conducting polymer for application in electronics because of its environmental stability, low cost, and easy processability [19]. PANI used as gas or strain sensor has drawn much attention recently [20–23]. But PANI has a fairly rigid backbone due to high aromaticity and it is available only in relatively low molecular weight forms, so that its solution elasticity is generally insufficient to be electrospun directly into fibers [24, 25]. And this property of PNAI limits its applications. Combining PANI with other polymers to obtain conductive fibers is an effective way. For instance, composite PANI fibers could be fabricated by direct electrospinning of a precursor solution containing PANI [26, 27] or by in situ polymerization of PANI on the surface of electrospun polymer fibers [28]. Here, we fabricated PANI/PMMA composite fibers by in situ polymerization method. The PANI/PMMA composite fibers combined the good properties of PMMA fibers (e.g., high surface area and flexibility [29]) and the high electrical conductivity of PANI, showing excellent strain and gas sensing properties.

2. Experimental

2.1. Materials and Instruments

PMMA (average degree of polymerization is 43,982) was purchased from Alfa Aesar, Tianjin. N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF, AR), tetrahydrofuran (THF, AR), aniline, ammonium peroxodisulfate (APS), and 5-sulfosalicylic acid dihydrate (SSA) were all purchased from Sinopharm Chemical Reagent, Beijing. All the materials were used without further purification. A high-voltage DC power supply (DW-P303-1ACFO, Tianjin Dongwen) and a magnetic stirrer (HJ-4A, JinTan Youyi Instrument Institute) were employed in the electrospinning process.

2.2. Preparation of Electrospun PMMA Fibers

2.0 g PMMA, 10.0 g DMF, and 10.0 g THF were mixed to form the electrospinning precursor solution. The solution was stirred for 2 h at room temperature. As shown in Figure 1(a), a syringe with a stainless steel needle was connected to the positive electrode of the high-voltage power supply. Aluminum foil (5 × 5 cm²) on a hollow cylinder (3 × 3 × 1 cm³) was connected to the ground as a collector. A high DC voltage of 12 kV was applied in the process of electrostatic spinning. The distance to collector was 10 cm and the flow rate was 35 μL min⁻¹. The RH was 65%. A spinning time of 3 min was used to obtain a fibrous membrane.

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2.3. Deposition of PANI on the Surface of PMMA Fibers

The electrospun PMMA fibrous mat was then transformed to a piece of polyethylene (PE) slice with a thickness of 0.6 mm and a hole sized by 1 × 2 cm². The mat covered the hole and was fixed to the PE substrate by double-sided adhesive tape, as shown in Figure 1(b). To grow PANI nanostructures on the surface of electrospun PMMA fibers by in situ polymerization, the reaction solution was prepared as follows. Firstly, 0.01 mol sulfosalicylic acid (SSA) dehydrate was dissolved thoroughly in 50 mL deionized water. Then, 0.02 mol aniline was added and stirred to form a stable solution named A. Secondly, 0.02 mol APS was dissolved and stirred in 50 mL deionized water to form solution B. Both solution A and solution B were kept in a refrigerator with the temperature of 5°C for 1 h. Then, solution A and solution B were mixed together and the PMMA mat pasted on the PE substrate was immersed in the mixed solution and kept steady at 5°C for 6.5 h. As PANI grew from chemical oxidative polymerization process of aniline, the solution gradually turned green, as well as the fibers and the PE substrate deposited with PANI (Figure 1(b)). At last, the fibrous mat was taken out, washed with water for 3 times, dried in air. As shown in Figure 1(c), the PANI/PMMA fibrous web was fixed on gold electrodes by carbon paster.

2.4. Characterization of Morphology and Structures

The resultant PANI/PMMA fibers were characterized by Raman spectrum analysis (Jobin Yvon SA, excitation wavelength ~532.16 nm) and a scanning electron microscope (SEM, Hitachi TM-1000).

2.5. Electrical and Gas Sensing Measurement

As shown in Figure 1(c), the fibrous mat (removed from the PE slice) was fixed on the Au/Ni electrodes by conductive tapes. The electrical and NH₃ sensing properties of the sample were measured by a Keithley 6517 high-resistance meter and a home-made gas sensing system under constant temperature (18°C). The electrical data was recorded automatically by a computer.

2.6. Fabrication of Strain Sensor

The as-prepared composite fibers were also tested as a strain sensor. As shown in Figure 2(a), a piece of fibrous mat was placed on a plastic poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) substrate with prepatterned Au/Ni electrodes. Then, the PDMS (Dow Corning Sylgard 184; ratio of base to crosslinker, 10 : 1 by mass) thin layer was mixed, degassed, and poured against the surface of the membranes to package the device. To measure resistance change of this sensor under bending, the device was placed on a curved surface (e.g., surface of a cylinder) with bending curvature of ( is the semidiameter of the cylinder), as shown in Figure 2(b). In the measurement process, a fixed current (0.2 μA) was applied, and the voltage was recorded automatically by the computer cycles of bending and relaxing.

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3. Results and Discussion

3.1. Raman Spectrum Analysis

Figure 3 shows the Raman spectra of the as-prepared samples. The Raman spectrum of PANI/PMMA composite fibers is matched to pure PANI Raman shift peaks. For example, representative peaks at 1179 cm⁻¹ (C–H bending of the quinoid ring), 1251 cm⁻¹ (C–H bending of the benzenoid ring), 1339 cm⁻¹ (C–N stretching), and 1509 cm⁻¹ and 1593 cm⁻¹ (C–C stretching of the benzene ring) can be observed in Raman spectrum of both PANI powder and PANI/PMMA composite fibers [30]. Compared with Raman shift peaks of electrospun PMMA fiber, we can infer that the slightly higher peaks 606 cm⁻¹ and 810 cm⁻¹ of PANI/PMMA fibers come from PMMA. The peak of 1729 cm⁻¹ that lies on the same position of PMMA spectrum is also scattered from PMMA. On the other hand, the 1451 cm⁻¹ peak is notable, while being nearly undetectable in the spectrum of PANI/PMMA fibers. In addition, the laser jet was focused on the flat area of the composite fiber. As a result, we can conclude from the Raman spectra that PANI was in situ polymerized at the surface of PMMA fibers.

3.2. SEM Characterization

PANI usually shows different colors such as blue, violet, and black when doped with different acids. Namely, when oxidated to three different relatively stable structures of leucoemeraldine (LEB), emeraldine (EB), and pernigraniline (PNG), PANI shows green (LEB and EB) and purple or black (PNG) and the green EB are the most conductive state of PANI. The composite fibers obtained here are well conductive EB structure with dark green color as a result of SSA doping and half oxidation of APS to aniline molar ratio of 1 to 1. Figure 4 shows the morphologies and microstructures of PMMA fibers (Figure 4(a)) and PANI/PMMA composite fibers (Figure 4(b)). After in situ polymerization of PANI, the areal density of fibrous mat was increased from 0.140 mg cm⁻² to 0.144 mg cm⁻². The surface of composite fibers was rough because the PANI nanostructures polymerized at the surface of the PMMA fibers. Figures 4(c) and 4(d) show the enlarged SEM pictures of the composite fibers. The average fiber diameter is 8.76 μm for PMMA fibers and 9.25 μm for PANI/PMMA fibers separately before and after in situ polymerization of PANI, indicating that the average thickness of PANI coating layer is about 0.49 μm.

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3.3. Electrical Conductivity Characterization

As shown in Figure 5(b), a linear relationship of the current and the applied voltage was observed for the PANI/PMMA fibrous mat. The resistance of the PANI/PMMA mat calculated from the I-V curve was about 2.273 MΩ, and then the calculated room-temperature conductivity was about 2.0 × 10⁻¹ S cm⁻¹. For comparison, the conductivity of the PMMA fibrous mat was very low, about 4.3 × 10⁻⁸ S cm⁻¹. So, the coated PANI on the surface of PMMA fibers has enhanced the electrical conductivity of the composite fibers significantly. Table 1 summaries the average diameter, areal density, and conductivity of the PMMA fibers before and after polymerization of PANI.

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3.4. NH₃ Gas Sensing Characterization

To test the ammonia sensing property of the composite fibers, the sample was put inside a chamber connected to a pump and the resistance signal was measured by a Keithley 6517 high-resistance meter with I-V scanning mode. The scanning voltage was set from 3.72 to 4.00 V with a step of 0.001 V and a time delay of 4 s. Thus, 280 resistance test points and 1120 s scanning time were obtained with the “bias voltage” varied in the range of 0.28 V. As a result, there was a little decrease of resistance at beginning caused by the increase of “bias voltage,” and then the resistance increased due to the ammonia. An ultralow concentration of 80 ppb (0.08 ppm) NH₃ gas was injected to the chamber, and the response line was plotted in Figure 6(a). With time going on, the resistance of sample first increased dramatically, then slowed down, and finally reached to a platform within about 1000 s by 3.8%. When exposed to 400 ppb (0.4 ppm) ammonia, the resistance of the fibers coated by PANI was increased by 17% (Figure 6(a)). For ammonia sensitivity measurement at ppm level, a reaction time of 20 min was used for every test. Here, the relative change of resistance ) is defined as sensitivity. As shown in Figure 6(b), the sensitivity of the composite fibers at different concentrations of ammonia is nearly linear. The detectability to low concentration of ammonia of the PANI/PMMA fibers could be ascribed to high surface area, which provides numerous response sites.

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The reversible responses of PMMA/PANI fibers at different concentrations were also tested. As shown in Figure 7, when the given concentration of NH₃ was pumped into the container, the resistance of sample increased quickly. For example, the relative resistance change was more than 130% when exposed to 80 ppm concentration of NH₃. When the NH₃ was pumped out, the decline of resistance was also fast. The platform in the middle of curve represents the stable process. The platform of sensitivity line (or peak height) is not uniform, which may be caused by the instability of gas flow and transport inside the chamber.

The ammonia sensing mechanism can be explained from the conducting mechanism of PANI [31]. As we know, the delocalization of sp³ electronic state is enhanced by the doping of proton, which makes the PANI conjugated molecule chain more conductive because the amount of polaron is increased. And doping of weak organic proton acid (5-sulfosalicylic acid) makes the PANI structurally and electrically more stable. For PANI, the current carrier is polaron. The ammonia molecules can be absorbed by the nanostructured PANI on the surface, and then PANI in the form of emeraldine salt (ES) is reduced to emeraldine base (EB). These dedoping processes on the PANI chains can result in a decrease of the current carriers and an increase of electrical resistance. When replacing ammonia with air, the ammonia concentration around PANI decreases, more NH₃ molecules on the surface of PANI are released, and then more current carriers are freed, so that the electrical conductance increases.

3.5. Strain Sensing Characterization

The PANI/PMMA fibers have excellent gas sensing property. Furthermore, the strain sensing property of the flexible composite fibers was also tested. Figure 8(a) shows the I-V curves of PANI/PMMA fibers bended at different curvatures. The I-V characteristics have obvious differences when bended at different degrees. With increasing curvature, the resistance of PANI/PMMA fibers decreased gradually as shown in Figure 8(b). The decrease of resistance could be up to 35% when the bending curvature was 0.91 cm⁻¹. Figure 8(c) shows the resistance change with cycles of bending and relaxing. The bending curvature was 0.400 cm⁻¹, and the test period was 10 s (3 s for bending and 7 s for relaxing). It can be seen that the sample shows a cyclic change in voltage with repeated cycles of bending and relaxing. The electrical resistance decreased as the sample was bended and then the resistance increased to the original value when the sample was relaxed. The decrease in resistance could be ascribed to the change of interfacial contacts among PANI fibers/grains.

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4. Conclusion

In summary, PANI/PMMA composite fibers fabricated by in situ polymerization of PANI on the surface of electrospun PMMA fibers have good electrical conductivity and flexibility. The fabrication process is easy and low-cost and has the possibility of mass production. Both the gas and strain sensing properties of PANI/PMMA fibers are excellent. As a gas sensor, PANI/PMMA fibers have obvious response to low concentration of NH₃ at ppb level and short response time to high concentration of NH₃ at ppm level. As a strain sensor, its electrical resistance changes distinctly under bending, increases with increasing curvature, and shows a reversible change with repeated cycles of bending and relaxing. The results demonstrate that the PANI/PMMA fibers can be used in NH₃ gas sensor, strain sensor, or flexible electronic device.

Competing Interests

The authors declare that there are no competing interests regarding the publication of this manuscript.

Authors’ Contributions

Xian-Sheng Jia and Cheng-Chun Tang contributed to this work equally.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51373082, 51673103, 91323304, 51272278, and 61390503) and the Taishan Scholars Programme of Shandong Province, China (ts20120528).

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Flexible Polyaniline/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Composite Fibers via Electrospinning and In Situ Polymerization for Ammonia Gas Sensing and Strain Sensing

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Experimental

2.1. Materials and Instruments

2.2. Preparation of Electrospun PMMA Fibers

2.3. Deposition of PANI on the Surface of PMMA Fibers

2.4. Characterization of Morphology and Structures

2.5. Electrical and Gas Sensing Measurement

2.6. Fabrication of Strain Sensor

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. Raman Spectrum Analysis

3.2. SEM Characterization

3.3. Electrical Conductivity Characterization

3.4. NH3 Gas Sensing Characterization

3.5. Strain Sensing Characterization

4. Conclusion

Competing Interests

Authors’ Contributions

Acknowledgments

References

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3.4. NH₃ Gas Sensing Characterization