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Polymer Nanofibers Containing Isolated and Aligned Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Robert Young ,
Stephen Eichhorn  and
Prabhakaran Kannan
Robert Young
Affiliation:
robert.young@manchester.ac.uk, University of Manchester, School of Materials, Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HS, United Kingdom
Stephen Eichhorn
Affiliation:
s.j.eichhorn@manchester.ac.uk, University of Manchester, School of Materials, Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HS, United Kingdom
Prabhakaran Kannan
Affiliation:
K.Prabhakaran@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk, University of Manchester, School of Materials, Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HS, United Kingdom
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Abstract

Electrospinning has been used to prepare poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanofibers, with diameters ranging from 1 micron down to 20 nm, that contain dispersions of isolated, well-aligned, single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The nanofibers were characterized by Raman spectroscopy and single radial breathing modes (RBMs) were found for the SWNTs in the nanofibers indicating debundling of the original SWNT ropes. Moreover a split G' band for some nanotubes and the results of polarized Raman spectroscopy were consistent with the presence of isolated SWNTs, highly aligned along the nanofiber axes.

Keywords

fibernanostructureRaman spectroscopy
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 948: Symposium B – Structure, Processing and Properties of Polymer Nanofibers for Emerging Technologies , 2006 , 0948-B03-05
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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