Characterization of electrosynthesized conjugated polymer-carbon nanotube composite: optical nonlinearity and electrical property.
The effects of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT) concentration on the structural, optical and electrical properties of conjugated polymer-carbon nanotube composite are discussed. Multi-walled carbon nanotube-polypyrrole nanocomposites were synthesized by electrochemical polymerization of monomers in the presence of different amounts of MWNTs using sodium dodecylbenzensulfonate (SDBS) as surfactant at room temperature and normal pressure. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) indicates that the polymer is wrapped around the nanotubes. Measurement of the nonlinear refractive indices (n(2)) and the nonlinear absorption (β) of the samples with different MWNT concentrations measurements were performed by a single Z-scan method using continuous wave (CW) laser beam excitation wavelength of λ = 532 nm. The results show that both nonlinear optical parameters increased with increasing the concentration of MWNTs. The third order nonlinear susceptibilities were also calculated and found to follow the same trend as n(2) and β. In addition, the conductivity of the composite film was found to increase rapidly with the increase in the MWNT concentration.
Department of Physics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang, Selangor, 43400, Malaysia.|Science Faculty, Islamic Azad University, Eslamshahr Branch, 3314767653, Iran.
Afarin
A
Bahrami
Department of Physics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang, Selangor, 43400, Malaysia.
Zainal Abidin
ZA
Talib
Department of Physics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang, Selangor, 43400, Malaysia.
Esmaeil
E
Shahriari
Department of Physics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang, Selangor, 43400, Malaysia.
Wan Mahmood Mat
WMM
Yunus
Department of Chemistry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang, Selangor, 43400, Malaysia.
Anuar
A
Kasim
Department of Physics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang, Selangor, 43400, Malaysia.
Kasra
K
Behzad
D001557:Benzenesulfonates / Q000737:chemistry; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011312:Pressure; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000737:chemistry; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013696:Temperature
D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D011108:Polymers; D011758:Pyrroles; C067635:polypyrrole; C001114:dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid