Films of highly oriented
-zirconium phosphate
and polyaniline-intercalated zirconium phosphatewith controllable thickness in the micrometer range were grown anodically on Pt electrodes. To optimizethe electrodeposition conditions, the exfoliation of
-zirconium phosphate by tetrabutylammonium (TBA)salts was investigated in several nonaqueous solvents. Acetonitrile was found to be the best solventfor making crack-free, oriented films because of its high vapor pressure, low viscosity,
and relativelyhigh permittivity. With TBA salts of neutral or weakly acidic anions (TBACl, TBABr, TBAI, TBA(HSO
4), orTBA(H
2PO
4)), full exfoliation did not occur
and -zirconium phosphate
and/or polyaniline were depositedas rough films. With basic anions (TBAF or TBAOH), dense, adherent films were obtained. X-ray diffractionpatterns of the films showed that they were highly oriented along the stacking axis. The thickness could becontrolled, up to about 40
m, by limiting the time of the electrodeposition reaction. At monomerconcentrations below 1.0 × 10
-2 mol/dm
3, the emeraldine form of the intercalated polymer was obtained.Electrodeposition thus provides a thick film alternative to layer-by-layer assembly for intercalation compoundsof
-zirconium phosphate with a conducting polymer.