Abstract Submitted to the    NANOTUBE'04 Conference:

Carbon nanotube-polymer composites have enjoyed much attention in the literature due primarily to the ability of the nanotubes to impart electrical conductivity and mechanical reinforcement to the composites at very low loading. The electrical properties of the composite are particularly interesting when the polymer itself is also electrically conductive. There is evidence in the literature for an enhancement in electrical behaviour of such composites, relative to the parent components. We have prepared polyaniline-carbon nanotube composites under a variety of synthetic conditions. The composites were subject to electronic characterization, as well as traditional characterization techniques. It was found that the composites did indeed exhibit enhanced electrical conductivity relative to the parent materials; the results will be presented.