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Polyaniline (PANI) has been utilized very well as an active material for hazardous acid detection device. Because its electrical conductivity is developing when it is doped with the protonic acid. However, a critical disadvantage of this material is its insolubility in general solvents so its processability is very poor. In this work, we prepared a Chitosan‐g‐PANI (Cs‐g‐PANI) copolymer to improve its solubility and prossability using common solvents and use film form of the final product to develop a sensitive device, which responds to the presence of hazardous acids. The synthetic Cs‐g‐PANI showing good solubility and excellent film forming properties was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, as well as X‐ray diffraction analysis, and scanning electron microscopy. The physical properties of Cs‐g‐PANI films were optimized by controlling the Cs composition. Constant potential was applied to this material for detecting the existence of hazardous acids such as hydrochloric acid (HCl), nitric acid, formic acid, and acetic acid. Our findings suggest that this device responds to the presence of HCl faster than any other acids. The detection mechanism is discussed in detail. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 59:E105–E110, 2019. © 2018 Society of Plastics Engineers [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we report on the ortho-hexaclaval and size-controlled spherical PbWO4 micro- and mesocrystals synthesized by the surfactant-assisted solvothermal method with cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), deionized water or ethylene glycol solvents. The resulting hierarchical PbWO4 crystals were characterized by X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and selected area electron diffraction. Experimental results indicated that CTAB played a critical role in the formation of specific structures. Finally, the optical properties were investigated at room temperature by means of ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance and photoluminescence measurements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, indium-tin-oxide (ITO) nanoparticles were simply recovered from the thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel scraps by means of lift-off method. This can be done by dissolving color filter (CF) layer which is located between ITO layer and glass substrate. In this way the ITO layer was easily lifted off the glass substrate of the panel scrap without panel crushing. Over 90% of the ITO on the TFT-LCD panel was recovered by using this method. After separating, the ITO was obtained as particle form and their characteristics were investigated. The recovered product appeared as aggregates of particles less than 100 nm in size. The weight ratio of In/Sn is very close to 91/9. XRD analysis showed that the ITO nanoparticles have well crystallized structures with (222) preferred orientation even after recovery. The method described in this paper could be applied to the industrial recovery business for large size LCD scraps from TV easily without crushing the glass substrate.