@conference{
author = "Mašojević, Dijana and Stamenović, Una and Vodnik, Vesna and Barudžija, Tanja and Škapin, Srečo",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Nanocomposite materials based on conductive polymers and metal nanoparticles made an appearance as a new class of hybrid materials with considerable potential for application in different fields, from medical and food/wastewater treatments to catalysis and sensors. Besides their low cost and ease of preparation, their optical and mechanical characteristics are tunable, while individual features of each component become more obvious, and new ones appear. In this group of materials, newly, chemically synthesized Cobalt@Polypyrrole (Co@PPy) and Cobalt/Gold@Polypyrrole (Co/Au@PPy) nanocomposites could be classified. With low electrode potential, Co nanoparticles (CoNPs) are unstable, prone to oxidation and agglomeration. For this reason, both nanocomposites were synthesized under argon. Firstly, CoNPs were synthesized in water, by simple reduction of Co2+ by sodium borohydride and in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate as a surfactant that will stabilize formed Co nuclei and affect their further growth. After adding pyrrole monomer, the polymerization reaction was initiated by ammonium peroxydisulfate and Au3+ for Co@PPy and Co/Au@PPy, respectively. Together with pyrrole monomer oxidation to final polymer structure by Au3+, these ions are reduced by nitrogen atoms from secondary amino groups in pyrrole units, forming AuNPs incorporated throughout polymer matrix. Conductive form of both nanocomposites, i.e., the presence of bipolarons, was confirmed by UV-Vis and FTIR analysis, while FESEM showed granular morphologies. With both nanocomposites having satisfactory percentage of metals incorporated, it could be expected that such materials could find their place in the field of catalysis, direct borohydride fuel cell, or wastewater treatment, where heavy, toxic metals such As(III) is, represent a great danger for the environment.",
publisher = "Belgrade : Materials Research Society of Serbia – MRS-Serbia",
journal = "YUCOMAT 2021 : Twenty-second Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2021 : Programme and the Book of abstracts",
title = "Nanostructured Cobalt@Polypyrrole and Cobalt/Gold@Polypyrrole materials: synthesis, optical and structural properties",
pages = "135-135",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_vinar_12486"
}