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

Nazhipkyzy, M; Mohan, S D; Davis, F J; Mitchell, Geoffrey

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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.

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Conference Proceedings: Electrostatics 2015 12 April 2015 - 16 April 2015, Southampton

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Carbon nanotubes Dissociation Electrostatics Nanofibers Nanotubes Polyethylene oxides Polyethylenes Solutions Yarn

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/13476

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Nazhipkyzy, Meruyert & Mohan, Saeed & Davis, F. & Mitchell, Geoffrey. (2015). Carbon nanotubes in electrospun polyethylene oxide nanofibres: A potential route to conducting nanofibres. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 646. 012007. 10.1088/1742-6596/646/1/012007.