Synthesis of graphene-based polymeric nanocomposites using emulsion techniques

Y Fadil, SC Thickett, V Agarwal… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Graphene features an array of extraordinary mechanical, physical and electrical properties,
and it is of great interest to impart such properties to polymeric materials by use of graphene …

Research on the dispersion of carbon nanotubes and their application in solution-processed polymeric matrix composites: A review

T Feng, N Liu, S Wang, C Qin, S Shi… - Advances in nano …, 2021 - koreascience.kr
This review highlights and categorizes the approaches for preparation of CNTs dispersion
and polymer/CNTs composites via solution-based strategies. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) …

Chemically enhanced polymer-coated carbon nanotube electronic gas sensor for isopropyl alcohol detection

YH Ngo, M Brothers, JA Martin, CC Grigsby… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Breathing-air quality within commercial airline cabins has come under increased scrutiny
because of the identification of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the engine bleed air …

Nearest-neighbor connectedness theory: A general approach to continuum percolation

F Coupette, R de Bruijn, P Bult, S Finner, MA Miller… - Physical Review E, 2021 - APS
We introduce a method to estimate continuum percolation thresholds and illustrate its
usefulness by investigating geometric percolation of noninteracting line segments and disks …

Unusual geometric percolation of hard nanorods in the uniaxial nematic liquid crystalline phase

SP Finner, A Atashpendar, T Schilling… - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
We investigate by means of continuum percolation theory and Monte Carlo simulations how
spontaneous uniaxial symmetry breaking affects geometric percolation in dispersions of …

Spin-coated highly aligned silver nanowire networks in conductive latex-based thin layer films

S van Berkel, JS Klitzke, MA Moradi, MMRM Hendrix… - Thin Solid Films, 2021 - Elsevier
Conductive thin films are industrially applied from display units to sensors. For many
applications, current thin films struggle with a lack of transparency to light and of mechanical …

Geometric percolation of hard nanorods: The interplay of spontaneous and externally induced uniaxial particle alignment

SP Finner, I Pihlajamaa… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We present a numerical study on geometric percolation in liquid dispersions of hard slender
colloidal particles subject to an external orienting field. In the formulation and liquid-state …

Low-resistance silver microparticle-HEMA-PEGDA composites for humidity sensing

A Lopera-Valle, A Elias - Smart Materials and Structures, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a printable smart material that undergoes a large and reversible change in
resistance in response to changes in relative humidity (RH). This material is a conductive …

Influence of film structure on the dewetting kinetics of thin polymer films in the solvent annealing process

H Zhang, L Xu, Y Lai, T Shi - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
On a non-wetting solid substrate, the solvent annealing process of a thin polymer film
includes the swelling process and the dewetting process. Owing to difficulties in the in situ …

Noncovalent dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes with poly (tert-butyl methacrylate) modified hyperbranched polyethylene for flexible conductive films

Z Deng, L Wang, H Yu, X Zhai, Y Chen - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been extensively utilized in flexible electronics. However,
further applications of CNTs are limited by their poor solubility in solvents. To overcome this …