Electrical properties and glass transition temperature of multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyaniline composites

Polyaniline (PANI) was synthesized and doped with 0, 2, 4 and 16 wt.% of pure and functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) by “in-situ” polymerization. Measurement of temperature dependence of electrical resistivity showed a reduction in the resistivity of the composites at all temperatures. The reduction was increased by increasing the wt.% of MWCNTs. This decrease was more for the composites containing functionalized MWCNTs and was more prominent for temperatures below 150 K. The glass transition temperature (T_g) of the pure and doped PANI was measured using electrical resistivity measurements. It was observed that by increasing the amount of functionalized MWCNTs in PANI, its T_g increases. Temperature dependence of resistivity of pressed pure PANI showed that by increasing the pelletization pressure, the bulk electrical resistivity decreased but the T_g increased.     

用艾奇逊炉在不同温度提纯碳纳米管

利用艾奇逊炉分别在3 000 ℃和2 800 ℃下进行碳纳米管的提纯实验。利用ICP、EDS、TGA检测了提纯碳纳米管的主要催化金属含量、灼烧残余物含量;用四探针薄膜电阻仪检测其电阻率;利用SEM、XRD、FT-IR研究了不同温度提纯碳纳米管的组织结构变化和表面特点。研究结果表明,艾奇逊炉在不同温度下提纯的碳纳米管都可以有效降低碳纳米管粉体中的催化金属含量和灼烧残余物含量,满足动力电池导电剂要求。与原生碳纳米管比较,3 000 ℃提纯的碳纳米管的电阻率显著下降,石墨晶化程度提高;而2 800 ℃提纯的碳纳米管的电阻率略有提高,石墨晶化程度变化不大,表面官能团数量减少。     

Electrochemical Doping of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Lithium

Abstract

Reversible insertion of Li into purified single wall carbon nanotubes was achieved electrochemically. Galvanostatic charge-discharge and cyclic voltammetry indicated that there is no well-defined redox potential for Li insertion or removal in the nanotube lattice. The Li reversible capacity was found to be 460 mA.h/g, significantly higher than the theoretical value for graphite. In-situ X-ray diffraction revealed an irreversible loss of the 2-D triangular lattice upon doping. In-situ resistivity measurements presented a 20-fold decrease in resistance upon doping, reversible upon undoping.     

Resonance Raman Scattering of Br2 Doped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Bundles

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We have measured Raman spectra of bromine doped single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) using various laser lines to clarify the electronic states of the doped SWNT. In the case of evacuated sample after full doping, two breathing mode peaks were observed simultaneously by visible laser excitations. We assigned the higher frequency peak to the doped SWNT bundles, and the other peak to the undoped portions in the sample. Intensity ratio between them decreased with decreasing excitation energy, and in the infrared region, the breathing mode band of the doped bundle was not observed. These results can be explained by a simple rigid band model.     

From Chiral Molecules to Chiral Liquid Crystal Phases

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During the last decade, the topic of chirality and symmetry in physical sciences has become extremely important, particularly as nature itself is often described as being “handed” or chiral. In liquid crystalline systems many important properties are known to be related to chirality, for instance chirality is reflected in helical structures, in special cases of strongly twisted systems novel frustrated phases may appear such as Blue phases and Twist Grain Boundary phases. In addition, many modern high technology applications, such as ferroelectric displays depend entirely on the presence of chirality in the liquid-crystalline materialsemployed.     

The Chiral Induction of Chiral Nematics and the Anisotropic Circular Dichroism

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The anisotropic circular dichroism (ACD) and the chiral induction (HTP) are two chirality measurements of very different kind. For two binaphthyls diagonal elements of the circular dichroism (CD) tensor have been determined from the temperature dependence of the ACD and diagonal elements of the chirality interaction tensor from the temperature dependence of the HTP as a function of the order parameters. The tensor coordinate of the CD tensor and the chirality interaction tensor which belongs to the direction along the naphthyl-naphtyl bond determines mainly the ACD and HTP, respectively. In both cases an order independent contribution to the ACD and HTP exist.     

Optical Rotatory Power in the Isotropic Phase of Four Cholesteryl Esters

Recent theoretical work by numerous authors has indicated that pretransitional properties of the isotropic phase are highly dependent on the chirality of the nearby ordered phase. To test this aspect of the theories, we present results on the optical rotatory power in the isotropic phase for a series of four cholesteryl esters of varying chirality. The most important finding is that the separation between the first and second order transition temperatures decreases with an increase in chirality. However, the results of a recent experiment which claimed to present evidence for strong coupling between the structural modes of the ordered phase are not substantiated by the new measurements reported here.     

Electrical resistivity evolution in the annealed amorphous Fe78Si9B13 ribbons

The electrical resistivity was measured at room temperature for the amorphous Fe₇₈Si₉B₁₃ ribbons annealed at various temperatures for different holding time. Although the annealed Fe₇₈Si₉B₁₃ ribbons are in full amorphous state, their electrical resistivity obviously varies with the annealing time. At every annealed temperature, the electrical resistivity evolution can be divided into regions I, II, and III, respectively. Using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), we investigated the ribbons overlapping regions I and II (called the focused ribbons, FRs). The results show that the change of electrical resistivity, fracture morphology, thermal effect in DSC analysis of the focused ribbons (FRs) can be ascribed to the evolution of the short range order (SRO) in the amorphous alloy.     

Properties characterization of the Cu68.5Ni12P19.5 alloy at elevated temperatures

The Cu_68.5Ni₁₂P_19.5 alloy was cast into the ribbons using melt spinning (23 m/s). The amorphous ribbon in the as-cast state was investigated by differential thermal analysis (DTA), dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), resistivity measurements and X-ray diffraction ‘in situ’ at different temperatures. The work presents attempts to find correlation between the changes of the mechanical properties presented by DMA cycles and during the other tests. The measurements of the relative resistivity R/R₀ versus temperature for repeated heating and cooling cycles to different temperatures show changes of the temperature coefficient of resistivity (TCR) indicating reversible and irreversible transformations in the studied alloy.     

Novel carbon materials obtained by reactions of C60 fullerene with phosphorus at high temperature

C₆₀ fullerene reacted with phosphorus at high temperatures to graphitic materials with strongly differing properties. Several spectroscopic investigations as Raman, ESR, XPS and ³¹P-NMR as well as TEM and ESEM have shown that the structural order of the mostly micro-crystalline materials increased with increasing reaction temperatures and decreasing phosphorus content. At suitable preparation conditions carbon nanotubes are formed, which are disordered in most cases, but partly exhibit high structural order (single-wall nanotubes), too. The prepared materials are very hard, e.g. harder than silica, intensely coloured and electrically conductive. Their hardness decreased with rising phosphorus content, and their conductivity increased with decreasing phosphorus content.     

Conformational Mobility and Phase Transitions in Alkyloxybenzoate of Cholesterol

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The structural particularities of polymorphic modifications and cholesterol liquid crystal phase have been investigated by theoretical and experimental IR spectroscopy methods. The spectra were recorded in the interval of temperatures 293–523 K within the range of 600–3600 cm^?1. The frequencies of normal modes and intensities in the IR spectra have been calculated for the alkyloxybenzoate of cholesterol conformers, which may be realized under certain temperatures. Comparison of results of theoretical modelling and recorded spectra confirmed suggestion about conformational mobility basically defined with changing of steroid kennel orientation comparatively stayed part of molecule in the different phase state.     

X-Ray Diffraction and Physical Properties of Potassium Fullerides KxC70

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X-ray diffraction and magnetic-susceptibility measurements have been carried out for single phase K_xC₇₀ (x=1, 3, 4, 6 and 9) compounds synthesized by heating stoichiometric amount of K₉C₇₀ and C₇₀. The x-ray diffraction profiles show no structural transition down to 10K. The fairly large temperature-independent paramagnetic contribution was observed in x=3 and 4. The electrical resistivity has been measured for K evaporated C₇₀ film with increasing K thickness. Two resistivity minima were observed at x=1 and 4.     

Crystal Chemistry of Nanotubes Lattices

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X-ray diffraction profiles of pristine and hypothetical “intercalated” crystalline bundles of single-wall carbon nanotubes are computed and compared with experiment. The pristine case is complicated by finite size effects, tube diameter dispersion and the cylindrical form factor for uncorrelated tube rotations. Experimental profiles of “doped” samples are not in agreement with simulations based on 2-D ordered sublattices except at very low doping levels.     

Structure and Electrochemical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Intercalation Compounds

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This article summarizes the current status of carbon nanotube intercalation compounds. It focuses on the structure and electrochemical properties of intercalated single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Materials synthesis, purification and characterization methods are also discussed. This article draws mostly from works performed at UNC.     

Carrier Scattering Mechanisms in GaS0.5Se0.5 Layered Crystals

Systematic dark electrical resistivity and Hall mobility measurements have been carried out in the temperature range 150‐400 K on n‐type GaS_0.5Se_0.5 layered crystals. The analysis of temperature dependent electrical resistivity and carrier concentration reveals the extrinsic type of conduction with a donor impurity level located at 0.44 eV, donor and acceptor concentrations of 3.4 ×10¹⁷ and 4.1×10¹⁶ cm^‐3, respectively, and an electron effective mass of 0.41 m₀. The Hall mobility is limited by the electron‐phonon short‐range interactions scattering at high temperatures combined with the ionized impurity scattering at low temperatures. The electron‐phonon short‐range interactions scattering mobility analysis reveals an electron‐phonon coupling constant of 0.25 and conduction band deformation potential of 5.57 eV/Å.     

Barothermal Diels-Alder functionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Abstract

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have an ordered geometric structure, large specific surface area, prominent electrical conductivity, and unique mechanical properties. They are nontoxic and can be used in biomedicine. Physical and surface chemical characteristics of MWCNTs should be tuned to that required to improve certain properties and obtain a variety of functional materials. We modified the MWNTs by using the barothermal Diels-Alder reaction with dienophiles, p-benzoquinone, fumaronitrile, and maleimide, to address this issue. The prepared MWCNTs were studied by SEM-EDX, nitrogen adsorption porometry, ATR FTIR, and thermal analysis. Results showed that both separate and conjugated C?=?C bonds at the edge and outer/inner surface of walls could react with dienophiles. The grafted groups are separated by the temperature on weak (low-temperature) and strong (high-temperature) chemisorbed forms; they are detached at temperatures below and above 350?°C, correspondingly. Thermal analysis shows that up to 5% of the carbon atoms are involved in the [4?+?2] cycloaddition. The high-temperature forms of the grafted groups under extreme heating can be involved in the retro-Diels-Alder reaction that breaks six-membered rings, producing a dienophile.     

On the decomposition behaviour of Al-Zn(4.5 at.%)-Mg(2;3 at.%) alloys during continuous cooling from the temperature range of homogeneity

The decomposition processes taking place in the Al-Zn (4.5)-Mg(2;3) alloys were studied by means of XSAS and resistivity measurements and by TEM investigations after continuous slow cooling to certain temperatures T_i and during an isothermal ageing at T_i following the continuous cooling procedure. During the cooling between 380 °C and 320 °C mostly particles of the η-phase are growing. The formation of particles homogeneously distributed in the matrix starts at 165 °C in the alloy with 2 at.% Mg and at 175 °C in the one with 3 at.% Mg. Below these temperatures new subcritical GP zones are formed and particles already present in the matrix are growing. The dominating process depends on T_i.     

Impurity Scattering in 3d Transition Metal Intercalation Compounds M x TiS2

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From the resistivity measurements of 3d metal intercalates M _x TiS₂ (M = Mn, Fe, Co and Ni; x = 0.05) at 4.2 K in pulsed magnetic fields up to 31 T, we have found that the residual resistivity depends on the kind of guest species. Taking into account these results and available information, we have proposed a possible band model to understand the scattering mechanism by ionized impurities of the intercalated guest M²⁺ and host Ti³⁺ ions, in satisfactory agreement with the experiments.     

Geometry and X-ray diffraction characteristics of carbon nanotubes

Algorithms for generating atomic coordinates in nanotubes with an arbitrary cell in the layer plane have been developed. The conditions for the seamless matching of a flat layer rolled up in any direction are formulated for cylindrical, conical, and faceted tubes. A method has been developed for generating different types of faceted nanotubes using a group transformation (obtained in this study) that leaves invariant an arbitrary polygon in the nanotube cross section. Equations are proposed for deriving the diameter and chirality of single-wall carbon cylindrical nanotubes from X-ray diffraction spectra.     

On the change of low-temperature thermal conductivity of gap after bending

The thermal conduction of a sulphur-doped single crystal plastically deformed by bending at 963 K was measured between 2 and 50 K. The thermal resistivity W at temperatures > 14 K is practically independent on deformation. At lower temperatures W is found to be proportional to AT⁻³ before and to AT⁻³ + BT⁻² after deformation. A is due to boundary scattering, B due to dislocations.