One-step synthesis, characterization and properties of novel hybrid electromagnetic nanomaterials based on polydiphenylamine and Co-Fe particles in the absence and presence of single-walled carbon nanotubes

A one-step preparation method for hybrid electromagnetic nanomaterials based on polydiphenylamine (PDPA) and bimetallic Co-Fe particles in the absence and presence of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) was proposed. During IR heating of PDPA in the presence of Co(ii) and Fe(iii) salts in an inert atmosphere at T = 450-600 degrees C, the polycondensation of diphenylamine (DPA) oligomers and dehydrogenation of phenyleneamine units of the polymer with the formation of C = N bonds and reduction of metals by evolved hydrogen with the formation of bimetallic Co-Fe particles dispersed in a polymer matrix occur simultaneously. When carbon nanotubes are introduced into the reaction system, a nanocomposite material is formed, in which bimetallic Co-Fe particles immobilized on SWCNT are distributed in the matrix of the polymer. According to XRD data, reflection peaks of bimetallic Co-Fe particles at diffraction scattering angles 2 theta = 69.04 degrees and 106.5 degrees correspond to a solid solution based on the fcc-Co crystal lattice. According to SEM and TEM data, a mixture of particles with sizes of 8-30 nm and 400-800 nm (Co-Fe/PDPA) and 23-50 nm and 400-1100 nm (Co-Fe/SWCNT/PDPA) is formed in the nanocomposites. The obtained multifunctional Co-Fe/PDPA and Co-Fe/SWCNT/PDPA nanomaterials demonstrate good thermal, electrical and magnetic properties. The saturation magnetization of the nanomaterials is M-S = 14.99-31.32 emu g(-1) (Co-Fe/PDPA) and M-S = 29.48-48.84 emu g(-1) (Co-Fe/SWCNT/PDPA). The electrical conductivity of the nanomaterials reaches 3.5 x 10(-3) S cm(-1) (Co-Fe/PDPA) and 1.3 S cm(-1) (Co-Fe/SWCNT/PDPA). In an inert medium, at 1000 degrees C the residue is 71-77%.