J-Like Liquid-Crystalline and Crystalline States of Polyaniline Revealed by Thin, Highly Crystalline, and Strongly Oriented Filmsстатья
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Аннотация:Liquid-crystalline state of dyes can be easy distinguished from the
crystalline one by the appearance of characteristic long-wavelength optical
absorption, the so-called J-band. Similarly, long-wavelength absorption of polyaniline
is assumed to be the signature of its J-like liquid-crystalline state. When water
evaporates from polyaniline adsorbed on a glass support during polymerization, the
long-wavelength maximum at about 800 nm disappears, and one at 570 nm appears,
characteristic for highly crystalline and strongly oriented thin film. Reversible red
shift of long-wavelength absorption upon water adsorption is a significant feature of
these films. By analogy with dyes, it is attributed to water-promoted superficial
formation of J-like mesophase. Such surprising properties of wet films as
propagation of chemical reduction and enhanced exciton transport, reported by
us recently, can also be considered as a signature of the J-like liquid-crystalline state
of polyaniline.