scholarly journals Synergistic Effect of Screen-Printed Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Phosphorylated Cellulose Nanofibrils on Thermophysiological Comfort, Thermal/UV Resistance, Mechanical and Electroconductive Properties of Flame-Retardant Fabric

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 7238
Author(s):  
Tjaša Kolar ◽  
Vanja Kokol
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Synergistic Effect ◽  
Thermal Resistance ◽  
Flame Retardant ◽  
Water Vapour ◽  
Abrasion Resistance ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Front Side ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and phosphorylated nanocellulose fibrils (PCNFs) were used as functional screen-print coatings on flame-retardant (FR) fabric, to improve its thermal resistance and thermophysiological comfort (wetting, water vapour and heat transmission) properties, while inducing it with electrical conductivity and UV protection. The effect of PCNF printing, followed by applying a hydrophobic polyacrylate (AP), on the same (back/B, turned outwards) or other (front/F, turned towards skin) side of the fabric, with and without the addition of 0.1–0.4 wt% SWCNTs, was studied by determining the amount of applied coating and its distribution (microscopic imaging), and measuring the fabric’s colour, air permeability, thickness, mechanical, flame and abrasion resistance properties. Due to the synergistic effect of PCNF and SWCNTs, both-sided printed fabric (front-side printed with PCNF and back-side with SWCNTs within AP) resulted in an increased heat transfer (25%) and an improved thermal resistance (shift of degradation temperature by up to 18 °C towards a higher value) and UV protection (UPF of 109) without changing the colour of the fabric. Such treatment also affected the moisture management properties with an increased water-vapour transfer (17%), reduced water uptake (39%) and asymmetric wettability due to the hydrophilic front (Contact Angle 46°) and hydrophobic back (129°) side. The increased tensile (16%) and tear (39%) strengths were also assessed in the warp direction, without worsening the abrasion resistance of the front-side. A pressure-sensing electrical conductivity (up to 4.9∙10−4 S/cm with an increase to 12.0∙10−4 S/cm at 2 bars) of the SWCNT-printed side ranks the fabric among the antistatic, electrostatic discharge (ESD) or electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding protectives.

scholarly journals Simple Method to Improve Electrical Conductivity of Films Made from Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogumiła Kumanek ◽  
Tomasz Wasiak ◽  
Grzegorz Stando ◽  
Paweł Stando ◽  
Dariusz Łukowiec ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Simple Approach ◽  
Sonication Time ◽  
Free Standing ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Single Walled Carbon ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Despite the widespread use of sonication for individualization of nanomaterials, its destructive nature is rarely acknowledged. In this study, we demonstrated how exposure of the material to a hostile sound wave environment can be limited by the application of another preprocessing step. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were initially ground in a household coffee grinder, which enabled facile deagglomeration thereof. Such a simple approach enabled us to obtain high-quality CNT dispersion at reduced sonication time. Most importantly, electrical conductivity of free-standing films prepared from these dispersion was improved almost fourfold as compared with unground material eventually reaching 1067 ± 34 S/cm. This work presents a new approach as to how electrical properties of nanocarbon ensembles may be enhanced without the application of doping agents, the presence of which is often ephemeral.

Charge transfer complex-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes with reduced correlations between electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient for flexible thermoelectric generators

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (14) ◽  
pp. 4827-4835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingjuan Tan ◽  
Hongfeng Huang ◽  
Dagang Wang ◽  
Shihui Qin ◽  
Xu Xiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Seebeck Coefficient ◽  
Charge Transfer Complex ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Charge Transfer Complexes ◽  
Thermoelectric Generators ◽  
Flexible Thermoelectric ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Charge transfer complexes as far more superior dopants for carbon-based flexible thermoelectric generators.

Conducting Polymer Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Morphological Characteristics and Thermal Stability

2011 ◽  
Vol 306-307 ◽  
pp. 1182-1185
Author(s):  
Hong Mei Niu
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Oxidative Polymerization ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Morphological Structure ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Single Walled Carbon ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Nanocomposites of single-walled carbon nanotubes modified polypyrrole (PPy/SWNTs) were synthesized successfully by in situ oxidative polymerization method in the FeCl3·6H2O solution. The morphological structure, electrical conductivity and thermal stability of the nanocomposites were characterized by TEM, SEM, FTIR and TGA. The PPy/SWNTs were 50-100 nm in diameter of PPy coating uniformly on the surface of the SWNTs. FTIR spectra revealed the presence of covalently interaction between the PPy and the carbon nanotubes. The electrical conductivity of PPy/SWNTs composite and pure PPy were 93 and 8.0×10-3 S/cm, respectively. Meanwhile, the PPy/SWNTs composites possessed higher thermal stability (65.9 wt. % weight loss at 600 °C) compared to pure PPy (81.2 wt. % weight loss at 600°C), the content of SWNTs was 15.3 wt. %.

scholarly journals Switchable changes in the conductance of single-walled carbon nanotube networks on exposure to water vapour

Nanoscale ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (31) ◽  
pp. 11279-11287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwyn. P. Evans ◽  
David. J. Buckley ◽  
Neal. T. Skipper ◽  
Ivan. P. Parkin
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Water Vapour ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Ionic Surfactants ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Single Walled Carbon ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Carbon Nanotube Networks

Noncovalent functionalisation of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with ionic surfactants induces a switch in the conductance-humidity behaviour of SWCNT networks.

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