Nanocomposite of Polyaniline and Na+−Montmorillonite Clay

Nanocomposites of conducting polyaniline (PAN) with inorganic Na+−montmorillonite (MMT) clay were synthesized by the emulsion polymerization method. The dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (DBSA) was used for both dopant and emulsifier. Analyses of X-ray diffraction patterns demonstrated that conducting PAN-DBSA was intercalated between inorganic clay layers at the nanoscale level (