This article aims to study the synthesis of high-quality polyaniline (PANI) nanofibres through simple interfacial polymerization method in the presence of different acids. Ammonium persulphate, chloroform and different acids were used as oxidant, organic solvent and dopant, respectively. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques were used to characterize the PANI nanofibres. FESEM results show different morphologies of PANI particles were produced from the various acid mixtures. FT-IR and XRD results confirmed the formation of PANI particles. XRD results show that PANI nanofibre is partially in crystalline nature.
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