Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are promising additives to polymeric materials due to the potential for their enhancement of the structural, mechanical and electronic properties of the resulting composite. However, improvements in properties are by no means guaranteed, and the results are often sensitive to the particular polymer chosen, in addition to the quantity and quality of CNTs used in the compo...

This study examined the performance of a flexible polymer/multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) composite sensor array as a function of operating temperature. The response magnitudes of a cost-effective flexible gas sensor array equipped with a heater were measured with respect to five different operating temperatures (room temperature, 40 °C, 50 °C, 60 °C, and 70 °C) via impedance spectrum meas...

Quickly updatable hologram images using photorefractive (PR) polymer composite based on poly(N-vinyl carbazole) (PVCz) is presented. PVCz is one of the pioneer materials of photoconductive polymers. PR polymer composite consists of 44 wt % of PVCz, 35 wt % of 4-azacycloheptylbenzylidene-malonitrile (7-DCST) as a nonlinear optical dye, 20 wt % of carbazolylethylpropionate (CzEPA) as a photocondu...

The design of composite tissue scaffolds containing an extracellular matrix (ECM) and synthetic polymer fibers is a new approach to create bioactive scaffolds that can enhance cell function. Currently, studies investigating the effects of ECM-deposition and decellularization on polymer degradation are still lacking, as are data on optimizing the stability of the ECM-containing composite scaffol...

This study focuses on the fabrication and electrical characterization of a polymer composite based on nano-sized varistor powder. The polymer composite was fabricated by the melt-blending method. The developed nano-composite was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FeSEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spect...

in the traditional hole drilling method the in-plane stresses are studied in detail and the interlaminar stresses are not taken seriously. the interlaminar stresses on the free edge of composite materials are important and can cause matrix cracking and delamination. inserting holes in composite laminates causes free edges and it can induce interlaminar shear and normal stresses. in this researc...

We have studied the effects of using a composite fabricated from carbon nanotubes and a host polymer, poly~m-phenylene-vinylene-co-2,5-dioctyloxy-p-phenylene-vinylene! ~PmPV!, as an electron-transport layer in organic light-emitting diodes. Double layer devices using this composite as an electron-transport layer, triple layer devices with a composite electron-transport layer, and poly~9-vinylca...

Chemiresistor sensors made from carbon black – polyisobutylene composite, perform based on the change of the resistivity of the composite when they swell in the analytes. Two models are necessary to describe the mechanism of carbon-polymer chemiresistors theoretically: the conductivity model and the thermodynamic model. In this work, the conductivity model was studied. Sixty-four chemiresistors...