The fabrication of polyaniline/single-walled carbon nanotube fibers containing a highly-oriented filler.
Highly uniform composite nanofibers composed of well-oriented single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) wrapped in a conducting polymer have been fabricated using electrospinning. Water-soluble polyaniline (WS-PANI) was used as a conducting material to improve the processability during electrospinning. The WS-PANI formed a homogeneous dispersion with the SWCNTs and poly(vinyl alcohol), and good compatibility of the WS-PANI with the SWCNTs was demonstrated by data showing interactions between two components and the wrapping of the SWCNTs by the WS-PANI. Through transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and polarized Raman spectroscopy, we confirmed that the WS-PANI plays an important role as a conducting polymer matrix to achieve aligned SWCNTs in composite nanofibers and to form uniform nanofibers.
Kang
Mi Sun
MS
Center for Bio-Artificial Muscle and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea.
Shin
Min Kyoon
MK
Ismail
Yahya A
YA
Shin
Su Ryon
SR
Kim
Sun I
SI
Kim
Hyunsook
H
Lee
Haiwon
H
Kim
Seon Jeong
SJ
D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties
D000814:Aniline Compounds; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; C416807:polyaniline