A single glass fiber with ultrathin layer of carbon nanotube networks beneficial to in-situ monitoring of polymer properties in composite interphases

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Beitragende

  • Jie Zhang - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Autor:in)
  • Rongchuan Zhuang - , Xiamen Zijin Mining and Metallurgy Technology Co. Ltd. (Autor:in)
  • Jianwen Liu - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Christina Scheffler - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Edith Mäder - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Gert Heinrich - , Professur für Polymerwerkstoffe und Elastomertechnik (gB/IPF), Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Shanglin Gao - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)

Abstract

Electrophoretic deposition (EPD) is used to deposit multiwalled carbon nanotube networks (CNTs) onto electrically insulating glass fiber surfaces. We found that the thin networks on a single glass fiber surface exhibit semiconducting properties. This enables us to realize a single CNT-glass fiber as a probe with novel multifunctional capabilities for in-situ monitoring of various chemical/physical transitions, particularly in the interphase region between polymer and glass fiber. Because of the intimate interaction between CNTs and polymers in the vicinity of a glass fiber, our CNT probe can rapidly sense the local changes of fundamental polymer properties, such as glass transition, reaction activation energy, cross-linking reaction, and crystallization.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)S115-S120
FachzeitschriftSoft Materials
Jahrgang12
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 24 Nov. 2014
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Chemical/Physical sensor, CNT probe, Cross-linking reaction, Crystallization, Glass transition temperature, Interphase