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This work explores the effect of grafting various loadings of pendant aniline tetramer pendants (PEDA) onto electroactive poly(amic acid) (EPAA) films and evaluates their performance as H2S gas sensors. Comprehensive characterization including ion trap mass spectrometry (Ion trap MS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), cyclic voltammetry (CV), and four-probe conductivity measurements, confirmed successful PEDA incorporation and revealed enhanced electrical conductivity with increasing PEDA content. Gas sensing tests revealed that EPAA3 (3 wt% PEDA) achieved the best overall performance toward 10 ppm H2S, producing a 591% response with a rapid 108 s response time. Selectivity studies showed that the response of EPAA3 to H2S exceeded those for SO2, NO2, NH3, and CO by factors of five to twelve, underscoring its excellent discrimination against common interferents. Repeatability tests over five successive cycles gave a relative standard deviation of just 7.4% for EPAA3, and long-term stability measurements over 16 days in ambient air demonstrated that EPAA3 retained over 80%. These findings establish that PEDA-grafted PAA films combine the processability of poly(amic acid) with the sharp, reversible redox behavior of pendant aniline tetramers, delivering reproducible, selective, and stable H2S sensing. EPAA3, in particular, represents a balanced composition that maximizes sensitivity and durability, offering a promising platform for practical environmental monitoring and industrial safety applications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/polym17141915","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,11]],"date-time":"2025-07-11T08:15:47Z","timestamp":1752221747000},"page":"1915","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Electroactive Poly(amic acid) Films Grafted with Pendant Aniline Tetramer for Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Sensing Applications"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Kun-Hao","family":"Luo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung Li District\u201a Taoyuan City 32023, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yun-Ting","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung Li District\u201a Taoyuan City 32023, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hsuan-Yu","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung Li District\u201a Taoyuan City 32023, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zong-Kai","family":"Ni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung Li District\u201a Taoyuan City 32023, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2930-0405","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jui-Ming","family":"Yeh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung Li District\u201a Taoyuan City 32023, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"163339","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apsusc.2025.163339","article-title":"Ultrasensitive H2S sensor based on Cu2O\/Graphene heterostructures at room temperature","volume":"702","author":"Liu","year":"2025","journal-title":"Appl. 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