Multifilament fibres of poly(ε-caprolactone)/poly(lactic acid) blends with multiwalled carbon nanotubes as sensor materials for ethyl acetate and acetone

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-31

  Rentenberger, Rosina ^a   Cayla, Aurélie ^b,c   Villmow, Tobias ^a   Jehnichen, Dieter ^a   Campagne, Christine ^b,c   Rochery, Maryline ^b,c   Devaux, Eric ^b,c   Pötschke, Petra ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c GEMTEX   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Conductive textile; Liquid sensing; Polymer blend; Polymer composite; Resistance change

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CARBON NANOTUBES; ETHANOL; FABRICS; FIBERS; LACTIC ACID; LIQUIDS; MELT SPINNING; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMER BLENDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINNING (FIBERS); WEAVING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

CONDUCTIVE TEXTILES; LIQUID SENSING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNTS); POLY (EPSILONCAPROLACTONE); POLYMER COMPOSITE; RELATIVE RESISTANCE CHANGE; RESISTANCE CHANGE; WIDE ANGLE XRAY DIFFRACTION;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 81155152534     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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