Structural properties of glauconite/polyaniline composites

Abstract

Compositions based on polymers and natural clay minerals (NCM) or mineral clays (MC) are relevant materials in modern technologies. Availability, low cost, chemical stability and environmental friendliness make NCM and MC, including layered phyllosilicates, important and popular components of various composite materials (CM) with synthetic, natural and electrically conductive polymers (ECP), particularly polyaniline (PAn). The synthesis and study of materials containing NCM or MC and polymers has long been one of the broadest research areas of research in materials science and technology.