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Conducting gel-fibres based on carrageenan, chitosan and carbon nanotubes
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posted on 2010-01-01, 00:00 authored by A Granero, Joselito RazalJoselito Razal, G Wallace, M in het PanhuisA simple continuous flow wet-spinning method for assembling fibres consisting of two oppositely charged biopolymers (chitosan and carrageenan) and carbon nanotubes is reported. It was observed that the order in which the biopolymers are added, i.e. spinning chitosan into one of the carrageenans (or vice versa), affects the fibre composition as well as the resulting electrical and mechanical properties. The addition of carbon nanotubes into the fibres was found to improve Young's modulus values coupled with a significant improvement in the electrical conductivity by up to 6 orders of magnitude.
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Journal of Materials ChemistryVolume
20Issue
37Pagination
7953 - 7956Publisher
Royal Society of ChemistryLocation
London, UKPublisher DOI
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0959-9428Language
engPublication classification
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