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Four-probe Method (four-probe + method)

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Polymers and Materials Science80%

Selected Abstracts

Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanotube/polypyrrole core,shell nanocomposites via in situ inverse microemulsion

JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE (IN TWO SECTIONS), Issue 23 2005
Yijun Yu
Abstract We demonstrate here a feasible approach to the preparation of multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT)/polypyrrole (PPy) core,shell nanowires by in situ inverse microemulsion. Transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy showed that the carbon nanotubes were uniformly coated with a PPy layer with a thickness of several to several tens of nanometers, depending on the MWNT content. Fourier transform infrared spectra suggested that there was strong interaction between the ,-bonded surface of the carbon nanotubes and the conjugated structure of the PPy shell layer. The thermal stability and electrical conductivity of the MWNT/PPy composites were examined with thermogravimetric analysis and a conventional four-probe method. In comparison with pure PPy, the decomposition temperature of the MWNT/PPy (1 wt % MWNT) composites increased from 305 to 335 °C, and the electrical conductivity of the MWNT/PPy (1 wt % MWNT) composites increased by 1 order of magnitude. The current,voltage curves of the MWNT/PPy nanocomposites followed Ohm's law, reflecting the metallic character of the MWNT/PPy nanocomposites. The cyclic voltammetry measurements revealed that PPy/MWNT composites showed an enhancement in the specific charge capacity with respect to that of pure PPy. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 6105,6115, 2005 [source]

Nanoparticle morphology in FeCo,Al2O3 granular films with tunneling giant magnetoresistance

PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI (A) APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, Issue 5 2006
Changzheng Wang
Abstract A series of FeCo,Al2O3 granular films were prepared by a magnetron-controlled sputtering system. The tunneling giant magnetoresistance and nanoparticle morphology of FeCo particles in FeCo,Al2O3 granular films were directly determined utilizing a conventional four-probe method and TEM (HRTEM) observation, respectively. The results indicated that the tunneling giant magnetoresistance can reach a maximum of 6.9% at about 32.8 vol% FeCo particles, so far the highest value reported at room temperature and under an applied field of 12.5 kOe. Meanwhile, the sensitivity of TMR also reaches a maximum at about 32.8 vol% FeCo particles. In addition, TEM and HRTEM observation disclosed that FeCo,Al2O3 films consist of FeCo nanoparticles with bcc structure or amorphous FeCo phase dispersed in amorphous or crystalline Al2O3 matrix. For films with lower volume fraction of FeCo particles, the size distribution of FeCo particles satisfied a log-normal function. With increasing volume fraction of FeCo particles, the size distribution of FeCo particles deviated gradually from a log-normal function. Meanwhile, the average size of FeCo particles increased monotonically with increasing volume fraction of FeCo particles, leading to the fact that TMR can reach a peak value at a certain middle particle size. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) [source]

Piezoresistivity in continuous carbon fiber polymer-matrix composite

POLYMER COMPOSITES, Issue 1 2000
Shoukai Wang
Piezoresistivity involving the volume resistivity of a continuous unidirectional carbon fiber epoxy-matrix composite in the fiber direction decreasing reversibly upon tension in the fiber direction was observed by the four-probe method, due to an increase in the degree of fiber alignment. Use of the two-probe method resulted in measurement of the contact resistance rather than the volume resistance. The contact resistance increased reversibly upon tension. [source]

Interfacial polymerization of morphologically modified polyaniline: from hollow microspheres to nanowires

POLYMER INTERNATIONAL, Issue 2 2008
Jinbo Li
Abstract BACKGROUND: Polyaniline (PANI) has attracted much attention in many fields due to its chemical and physical properties, and different nanostructures of PANI changing from one-dimensional to three-dimensional have been obtained. By changing the concentration of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), the morphology of hydrochloric acid-doped polyaniline could be changed from one-dimensional nanoneedles or nanowires with a network structure (50,100 nm in diameter) to three-dimensional hollow microspheres (ca 400 nm in outer diameter) via combining interfacial polymerization and self-assembly process. RESULTS These different nanostructures of PANI were proved using scanning electron and transmission electron microscopies. A plausible mechanism of the formation of the changeable nanostructures of PANI may be different from that of interfacial polymerization without surfactant or a traditional homogenous reaction system using CTAB as surfactant. CONCLUSION The results obtained from Fourier transform infrared spectrometry, X-ray diffraction and the four-probe method showed that the molecular structure of PANI does not change with increasing CTAB concentration, but crystallinity and conductivity of PANI increase with surfactant concentration. Copyright © 2007 Society of Chemical Industry [source]

Chemical and electrochemical synthesis of conducting graft copolymer of acrylonitrile with aniline

POLYMER INTERNATIONAL, Issue 9 2006
S Hossein Hosseini
Abstract A new conducting copolymer, polyacrylonitrile- graft -polyaniline (PAN- g -PANi), has been prepared by chemical and electrochemical methods from a precursor polymer. Poly[acrylonitrile- co -(acrylimine phenylenediamine)] (PAN- co -PAIPD) was synthesized chemically by reacting PAN with sodium 1,4-phenylenediamine salt. PAN- g -PANi was synthesized chemically using ammonium peroxydisulfate as the oxidant and p -toluenesulfonic acid in dimethylsulfoxide solution and adding aniline to oxidized PAN- co -PAIPD. Electrochemical polymerization was carried out by spin coating PAN- co -PAIPD on the surface of a Pt electrode, then the growth of the graft copolymer (PAN- g -PANi) in the presence of fresh aniline and acidic solution. The structures of the graft copolymer and PAN- co -PAIPD were characterized using UV-visible, Fourier transform infrared, and 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopies. The thermal properties of PAN- g -PANi were studied using thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images showed that the morphology of PAN- g -PANi copolymer films was homogeneous. Electrical conductivity of the copolymer was studied using the four-probe method, which gave a conductivity of 4.5 × 10,3 S cm,1 with 51.4% PANi. SEM and electrical conductivity measurements supported the formation of the graft copolymer. Copyright © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry [source]