Carbon nanotubes in electrospun polyethylene oxide nanofibres: A potential route to conducting nanofibres

[摘要] Polyethylene oxide solution containing multi-walled carbon nanotubes have been electrospun onto a rotating collector to produce highly aligned arrays of electrospun nanofibers ranging in diameters from (200 - 360) nanometres. The addition of a surfactant (Triton X-100) is highly effective in dispersing carbon nanotube within an aqueous solution of polyethylene oxide and the resulting mixture can be electrospun without excessive clumping to produce nanofibers containing high loadings of nanotubes; in this case up to 5% wt thereby providing an effective route to electrically conductive nanofibres.

[发布机构] Institute of Combustion Problems, Al-Farabi Kazah National University Almaty, Kazakhstan^1;Centre for Advanced Microscopy, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading; RG6 6AF, United Kingdom^2;Department of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights; RG6 6AD, United Kingdom^3;Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Institute Polytechnic of Leiria, Marinhe Grande; 2430-028, Portugal^4

[效力级别] 数学

[关键词] Aligned arrays;Electrically conductive;Electrospun nanofibers;Electrospuns;High loadings;Nanometres;Triton X-100