View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Open Research Exeter Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of Poly(Aniline-co-Pyrrole) Oligomer Habib Ullah*,a,b, Muhammad Kamranb, Salma Bibic, Anwar-ul-Haq A. Shah*,b, Asif A. Tahira, Khurshid Ayub*,d aEnvironment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK bInstitute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar, 25120 Peshawar, Pakistan cNational Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar, 25120 Peshawar, Pakistan. dDepartment of Chemistry, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, University Road, Tobe Camp, 22060 Abbottabad, Pakistan * To whom corresponding should be addressed Email:
[email protected] Abstract Quantum mechanical calculations are performed to establish the structure of an oligomer of aniline and pyrrole [Poly(Ani-co-Py)], through comparison of experimental and theoretically calculated properties, including conductivity. The copolymer was synthesized through chemical oxidative polymerization and then confirmed from the experimental IR, UV-vis, mass spectra, elemental, XRD, TGA, and SEM analysis. Quantum mechanical calculations are performed at Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Time dependent DFT (TD-DFT) methods for the electronic and spectroscopic properties of the oligomer. A very nice correlation is found between the theory and experiment which consequences the structure of Poly(Ani-co-Py). Poly(Ani-co-Py) is not explored like other conducting polymers; however, by tuning this molecular structure, the electro-active nature of this material can be enhanced adequately. KEYWORDS: DFT, Poly(Ani-co-Py), PPy, PANI, Band gap, IR, UV-vis, IP, EA, HOMO-LUMO 2 1.