Fundamentals and Emerging Applications of Polyaniline

Dr. Masoud Mozafari is a Fellow at Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Health Hospital, University of Toronto. He was previously Assistant Professor and Director of the Bioengineering Lab, at the Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Department, Materials and Energy Research Center, Cellular and Molecular Research Center, and Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine of the Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran. Dr. Mozafari’s research interests range across biomaterials, nanotechnology, and tissue engineering, and he is known for the development of strategies for the treatment of damaged tissues and organs, and controlling biological substances for targeted delivery into the human body. Dr. Mozafari has received several awards, including the Khwarizmi Award and the Julia Polak European Doctorate Award for outstanding translational research contributions to the field of biomaterials. He has also received the WIPO Medal for Inventors from The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in recognition of his contributions to economic and technological development. Dr. Mozafari is currently working on the editorial board of several journals. Dr. Narendra P.S. Chauhan is Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Bhupal Nobles University, Udaipur, India. Dr. Chauhan’s research interests include conducting polymers, polymerization, polymeric materials, polymer synthesis, material characterization, nanocomposites, and biopolymers. Dr. Chauhan has worked as editor or author on 3 published books, in the areas of biocidal polymers, polyaniline, and inorganic and organometallic polymers, as well as contributing to numerous journal articles and book chapters on functionalized polymers and related topics.

• 1. Polyaniline: An introduction and overview2. Synthetic route of polyaniline (I): Conventional oxidative polymerization3. Synthetic route of PANI (II): Enzymatic method4. Synthetic route of PANI (III): Ultrasound-assisted polymerization5. Synthetic route of Polyaniline (IV): Irradiation path6. Synthetic route of PANI (V): Electrochemical polymerization7. PANI-based nanostructures8. Polyaniline/metal oxides nanocomposites9. PANI-CNT nanocomposites10. Polyaniline/graphene-based nanocomposites11. Functionalized polyaniline and composites12. Advanced characterization tools for PANI and PANI-clay nanocomposites13. Experimental procedures for assessing electrical and thermal conductivity of polyaniline14. Application of polyaniline and its derivatives15. Polyaniline: Future perspectives