Electrical Conductivity of Polyaniline Thin Films

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Abstract

We use infrared spectroscopy measurements to estimate the electrical conductivity of highly conductive polyaniline at different temperatures. The reflectance data were fitted to a model that includes a number of contributions to the electrical conductivity, such as Drude response of the free carriers, vibrational contributions, and interband transitions. We use classical models for these contributions and an exact model for the optical properties of thin films on the thick substrates. The results give the effective charge-carrier density and the transport lifetime of these charge carriers. The far infrared measurements will be compared to dc transport measurements.

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Authors

  • Zahra Nasrollahi

    Physics Department, University of Florida

  • Catalin Martin

    Physics Department, University of Florida

  • David Tanner

    University of Florida Physics Department, Physics Department, University of Florida, University of Florida, Department of Physics, University of Florida, Department of Physics, Univ. of Florida, Department of physics, University of Florida

  • Young-Gi Kim

    Crosslink, 950 Bolger Ct., Fenton, MO 63026

  • Patrick Kinlen

    Crosslink, 950 Bolger Ct., Fenton, MO 63026