Methane interactions with polyaniline/butylmethylimidazolium camphorsulfonate ionic liquid composite

In our previous report, a polyaniline (PAn) and ionic liquid butylmethylimidazolium camphorsulfonate (BMICS) composite was used as a methane sensing material which significantly increased the sensitivity for methane detection using quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) transducers. In this paper, we foc...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 24(2008), 20 vom: 21. Okt., Seite 11631-6
1. Verfasser: Yu, Lei (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Jin, Xiaoxia, Zeng, Xiangqun
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2008
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:In our previous report, a polyaniline (PAn) and ionic liquid butylmethylimidazolium camphorsulfonate (BMICS) composite was used as a methane sensing material which significantly increased the sensitivity for methane detection using quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) transducers. In this paper, we focus on the interactions within the PAn/BMICS composite and between the composite and methane. UV-vis and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic results indicated that the anion of BMICS, camphorsulfonate, could form hydrogen bonds with the "nitrogen" sites of protic acid doped PAn. These hydrogen bonds align the camphorsulfonate anions in a comblike manner along the PAn backbone and therefore enhance the long-range pi-orbital conjugation of PAn. Methane molecules absorbed into the PAn/BMICS may sit in the "space" between the aligned anions and cations of BMICS. By measuring the methane absorption in PAn/BMICS at a temperature range of 25-65 degrees C, the entropy and enthalpy of dissolution were obtained following the van't Hoff equation. They are -163.2 +/- 30.1 J/mol.K and -50.5 +/- 8.7 kJ/mol, respectively, which are relatively higher than those in pure BMICS and in PAn only. These thermodynamic parameters further support that the absorbed methane molecules might exist in PAn/BMICS in a relatively ordered manner. Molecular mechanics simulation results agree with the spectroscopic and thermodynamic results
Beschreibung:Date Completed 13.11.2008
Date Revised 15.10.2008
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la8018327