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Conductivity

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Electronic Interactions Within Composites Of Polyanilines Formed Under Acidic And Alkaline Conditions. Conductivity, Esr, Raman, Uv-Vis And Fluorescence Studies, L Dennany, P C. Innis, S T. Mcgovern, Gordon G. Wallace, Robert J. Forster Jan 2011

Electronic Interactions Within Composites Of Polyanilines Formed Under Acidic And Alkaline Conditions. Conductivity, Esr, Raman, Uv-Vis And Fluorescence Studies, L Dennany, P C. Innis, S T. Mcgovern, Gordon G. Wallace, Robert J. Forster

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

The properties of two forms of polyaniline (PAni) synthesised under acidic and basic conditions have been investigated both individually and as combined complexes. The PAni polymerised within alkaline media was redox inactive and non-conducting while the PAni emeraldine salt (ES) was electroactive and conducting. Raman, electron spin resonance, UV-Vis and fluorescence spectroscopies were used to monitor the changes in electronic properties of these conducting polymer composites. Solution cast films of alkaline synthesised (A-PAni) with the PAni ES resulted in an increase in the high spin polaron population suggesting that it acts as a pseudodopant. The ability of the A-PAni to …


Gel-Carbon Nanotube Materials: The Relationship Between Nanotube Network Connectivity And Conductivity, Naratip Songmee, Pisith Singjai, Marc In Het Panhuis Jan 2010

Gel-Carbon Nanotube Materials: The Relationship Between Nanotube Network Connectivity And Conductivity, Naratip Songmee, Pisith Singjai, Marc In Het Panhuis

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The electrical resistance of carbon nanotube networks (NNs) prepared from combinations of gellan gum, xanthan gum, Triton X-100, SWNT and MWNT is reported. It is demonstrated that the NN conductivity can be obtained by analysing the resistance of two overlapping NN as a function of their overlap distance. Unexpectedly, the connectivity between two overlapping NN was found to scale with the electrical conductivity over 4 orders of magnitude. Insights into the dependence of inter-NN contact on applied pressure were obtained.