scholarly journals Nylon 6 Nanofiber Web-Based Signal Transmission Line Treated with PEDOT:PSS and DMSO Treatment

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 498
Author(s):  
Sungeun Shin ◽  
Eugene Lee ◽  
Gilsoo Cho

Highly conductive nylon 6 nanofiber webs, incorporating poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), were prepared for textile-based signal transmission lines. To improve the electrical performance of the textiles, they were optimized by the number of coating cycles and the solvent treatment step. The nanofiber web coated four times with PEDOT:PSS showed a six-times reduction in sheet resistance compared to that of once. In addition, the sample treated with both adding and dipping of DMSO showed a significant decrease of 83 times in sheet resistance compared to the sample without treatment of DMSO. Using samples with excellent electrical conductivity, the waveforms of the signal in the time domain were analyzed and shown to have an amplitude and phase almost identical to that of the conventional copper wire. As a result of the S21 characteristic curve, selected textiles were available up to the 15 MHz frequency bandwidth. In the FE-SEM image, it was observed that the surface of the coated sample was generally covered with PEDOT:PSS, which was distinguished from the untreated sample. These results demonstrate that the nanofiber web treated with the optimized conditions of PEDOT:PSS and DMSO can be applied as promising textile-based signal transmission lines for smart clothing.

2021 ◽  
pp. 004051752199981
Author(s):  
Sungeun Shin ◽  
Eugene Lee ◽  
Gilsoo Cho

Highly conductive nylon 6 nanofiber web was fabricated with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) for electronic textiles. To improve electrical conductivity, repeated coating with PEDOT:PSS and multi-step treatment of DMSO was performed. The effects of these treatments on electrical conductivity, surface properties, and chemical structures were investigated. For repetitive coating cycles, pristine PEDOT:PSS dispersion was dropped onto a nylon 6 nanofiber web for between one and four times of coating. For DMSO multi-step treatment, in the one-step treatment, the nanofiber web was repeatedly treated using PEDOT:PSS doped with DMSO. In the two-step treatment, the nanofiber web was repeatedly treated with doped PEDOT:PSS at first and, then, it was immersed in a DMSO bath. As a result, the sheet resistance decreased dramatically as the number of coating cycles increased. When the two-step treatment was applied, the sheet resistance was much lower compared to that of the one-step treatment, and thereby sample PD4-D with the lowest resistance showed 6.56 Ω/sq. As a result, the surface of the nanofiber web was covered with more PEDOT:PSS as the coating cycle was repeated. The PEDOT particles became large and long shapes after the two-step treatment of DMSO. This inferred that the contact area among conducting PEDOT particles increased because insulating PSS was removed by DMSO. In addition, the presence of PEDOT:PSS and nylon 6 was confirmed. This study proved that the simultaneous treatments of repeated coating with PEDOT:PSS and multi-step treatment of DMSO can improve electrical conductivity, and it developed the highly conductive PEDOT:PSS/nylon 6 nanofiber web.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2106
Author(s):  
Chris J. Barnett ◽  
James D. McGettrick ◽  
Varun Shenoy Gangoli ◽  
Ewa Kazimierska ◽  
Alvin Orbaek White ◽  
...  

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can be spun into fibers as potential lightweight replacements for copper in electrical current transmission since lightweight CNT fibers weigh <1/6th that of an equivalently dimensioned copper wire. Experimentally, it has been shown that the electrical resistance of CNT fibers increases with longitudinal strain; however, although fibers may be under radial strain when they are compressed during crimping at contacts for use in electrical current transport, there has been no study of this relationship. Herein, we apply radial stress at the contact to a CNT fiber on both the nano- and macro-scale and measure the changes in fiber and contact resistance. We observed an increase in resistance with increasing pressure on the nanoscale as well as initially on the macro scale, which we attribute to the decreasing of axial CNT…CNT contacts. On the macro scale, the resistance then decreases with increased pressure, which we attribute to improved radial contact due to the closing of voids within the fiber bundle. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and UV photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) show that applied pressure on the fiber can damage the π–π bonding, which could also contribute to the increased resistance. As such, care must be taken when applying radial strain on CNT fibers in applications, including crimping for electrical contacts, lest they operate in an unfavorable regime with worse electrical performance.


2022 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 012302
Author(s):  
K. S. Zhuravlev ◽  
A. L. Chizh ◽  
K. B. Mikitchuk ◽  
A. M. Gilinsky ◽  
I. B. Chistokhin ◽  
...  

Abstract The design, manufacturing and DC and microwave characterization of high-power Schottky barrier InAlAs/InGaAs back-illuminated mesa structure photodiodes are presented. The photodiodes with 10 and 15 μm mesa diameters operate at ≥40 and 28 GHz, respectively, have the output RF power as high as 58 mW at a frequency of 20 GHz, the DC responsivity of up to 1.08 A/W depending on the absorbing layer thickness, and a photodiode dark current as low as 0.04 nA. We show that these photodiodes provide an advantage in the amplitude-to-phase conversion factor which makes them suitable for use in high-speed analog transmission lines with stringent requirements for phase noise.


2011 ◽  
Vol 194-196 ◽  
pp. 2229-2232
Author(s):  
Qing Song Xiong ◽  
Zhao Hua Wu ◽  
Pin Chen ◽  
Sheng Zhang

The effect of loss of transmission line on the transmission signal can’t be ignored in microwave circuits. Based on the theory of loss and microwave network principle, the effect of the width, parallel length and space of transmission lines on the scattering parameters’ insertion loss is analyzed in perspective of scattering parameters of the odd mode and even mode. The simulation results show that: when the other parameters are fixed, both the characteristic impedance and the conductor loss decrease non-linearly with the line width broadening; due to the coupling effect between micro-strip lines, the first trough frequency of the scattering parameter S21 curved line, that is the point the signal energy attenuate most seriously, decreases linearly with line width broadening and increases non- linearly with line spaces broadening.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (DPC) ◽  
pp. 000968-000985
Author(s):  
Pingye Xu ◽  
Michael C. Hamilton

This work explores a method to construct metal-coated carbon nanotube (CNT) structures, which are potential candidates for interconnects, transmission lines and contact structures. This simple method is suitable to many applications including flexible substrates. In this work, electroplating is used to coat a carbon nanotube surface with Indium. CNT films are prepared using drop casting method on different substrates: Ni coated silicon wafer, copy paper and photo paper. The CNT dispersion used for this work is prepared using sonication and centrifugation with a surfactant. The resulting dispersion has 0.8 wt. % of multi-walled CNTs and 0.5 wt. % of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in DI water. This dispersion is modified to reduce resistivity by adding either silver nanoparticle powder or silver ink. Electroplating is done at room temperature with a current density of 0.02 A/cm2. This work addresses two issues about electroplating on CNT: low electrical conductivity of CNT film and low CNT adhesion to substrate. A CNT film on a Ni surface displays poor adhesion; the film peels off easily during ultrasonication and electroplating. After thermal annealing or microwave treatment, adhesion between the CNT film and Ni is greatly enhanced such that no CNT film peel-off is observed during electroplating. A CNT film on paper has a high sheet resistance. As a result, Indium is only plated on the CNT film near the attached electrode. To reduce the film sheet resistance, the CNT solution is modified by adding silver nanoparticle powder or silver ink. Ethanol rinsing is also performed on the CNT film surface to wash away surfactant and further reduce sheet resistance. On-going work involves ink-jet printing of CNT solutions onto flexible substrates. Indium, as an example metallization, will be plated on these ink-jet printing defined transmission lines and interconnects patterns. Performance of these structures will be presented.


Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyelim Kim ◽  
Sunhee Lee

We prepared a horseshoe-pattern type electrical heating textile that was coated with high graphene nanoplatelet (GNP) content (32 wt% to 64 wt%) of graphene nanoplatelet/poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) composite. Silver-coated conductive yarn is used as electrode in the sample to improve its flexibility and applicability as wearable textile. These graphene nanoplatelet/PVDF-HFP coated samples with various high-contents of graphene were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD), sheet resistance analysis, and electrical heating performance analysis. Graphene nanoplatelet/PVDF-HFP coated cotton fabric improved the crystallinity and thermal stability with increasing thw high-content of GNP. With an increasing of the high-content of graphene nanoplatelet in the PVDF-HFP composite solution, the sheet resistance of samples tended to gradually decrease. That of, 64 wt% graphene nanoplatelet/PVDF-HFP composite coated sample (64 GR/cotton) was 44 Ω/sq. The electrical heating performance of graphene nanoplatelet/PVDF-HFP composite coated cotton fabric was improved with increasing the high-content of graphene nanoplatelet. When 5 V was applied to 64 GR/cotton, its surface temperature has been indicated to be about 48 °C and it could be used at a low voltage (<10 V). Thus, a horseshoe-pattern type electrical heating textile that is coated by high content of graphene nanoplatelet/PVDF-HFP composite solution sewn with silver-coated conductive yarn is expected to be applied to glove, shoes, jacket, and so on to improve its wearability and applicability.


2008 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 820-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. Vasilyev ◽  
V. I. Davkov ◽  
K. I. Davkov ◽  
V. V. Myalkovskiy ◽  
V. D. Peshekhonov ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Lauwers ◽  
Muriel de Potter ◽  
Richard Lindsay ◽  
An Steegen ◽  
Nico Roelandts ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe relationship between silicide thickness, sheet resistance and silicon consumption is experimentally checked for Co-disilicide and Ni-monosilicide. The reverse bias leakage current of shallow Ni-silicided and Co-silicided square diodes is compared for varying junction depth and varying silicide thickness. A lower reverse bias leakage current is obtained for a Ni-silicided shallow junction as compared to its Co-silicided counterpart. This can be attributed to the reduced silicon consumption. The Ti cap does not play an active role during the Ni-silicidation of narrow active area and poly lines. It is shown that a Ni-silicidation process is scalable without Ti cap.


2011 ◽  
Vol 121-126 ◽  
pp. 1269-1273
Author(s):  
Wen Xiu Tang ◽  
Mo Zhang ◽  
Ying Liu ◽  
Xu Fei Lang ◽  
Liang Kuan Zhu

In this paper, a novel method is investigated to detect short-circuit fault signal transmission lines in strong noise environment based on discrete wavelet transform theory. Simulation results show that the method can accurately determine the fault position, can effectively analyze the non-stationary signal and be suitable for transmission line fault occurred after transient signal detection. Furthermore, it can effectively eliminate noise effects of fault signal so as to realize the transmission lines of accurate fault.


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