Magnetic study of an amorphous conducting polyaniline

TL;DR

This study investigates the magnetic properties of a newly discovered amorphous, highly conducting BF3-doped polyaniline, revealing its exceptional conductivity and unusual magnetic behavior, positioning it as a notable class of amorphous conducting polymers.

Contribution

It introduces a highly conducting amorphous polyaniline with unique magnetic properties, expanding understanding of amorphous conducting polymers.

Findings

Intrinsic conductivity is higher than other known conducting polyaniline forms.

Magnetic properties show unusual behaviors.

Amorphous structure remains despite high conductivity.

Abstract

We show that newly found BF3-doped polyaniline, though highly conducting, remains amorphous. Magnetic studies reveal many unusual properties, while suggesting that the intrinsic conductivity of this system is significantly larger than all other known forms of conducting polyaniline, establishing it as an interesting class of highly conducting amorphous polymer.