The Effect Of Pretreatment On Conductivity and nanoporous morphology Of Polypyrrole Coated Polyester/Lycra Fabric

Nanostructured smart materials like conducting polymers are often cited as promising candidate that can be engineered to exhibit enhanced or entirely new properties for use in fiber and textile industry[1,2]. Conductive polymers are a suitable replacement for inorganic materials such as metallic nanoparticle since they exhibit extraordinary electrical conductivity and smart reversible detectable behaviour against external mechanical, electrical and chemical stimulus[2]. Integration of the conducting polymer molecular template into textiles or filaments is similar to dyeing process and requires optimization of substrate pretreatment[3]. The present paper focuses on the effect of pretreatment on conductivity of lycra / polyester fabric coated PPy