A nanocomposite rod-shaped structure with a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) embedded in polypyrrole (PPy) doped with nonafluorobutanesulfonic acid (C4F), SWCNT/C4F-PPy, was synthesized using emulsion polymerization. The hybrid ink was then directly coated on a polyimide film interdigitated with the Cu/Ni/Au electrodes via a screen-printing technique to create a flexible film sensor. The sensor film showed a response of 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCore-shell-shaped nanoparticles (CSS-NPs) with polyaniline emeraldine salts (PANi) in the core and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) and heptadecafluorooctanesulfonic acid (C8F) shells, , C8F-doped PANi@HPMC CSS-NPs, were synthesized as a gaseous acetone sensing material with high sensitivity and humidity stability. The HPMC was chemically combined on the positively charged PANi NPs' outer surface, allowing it to efficiently detect acetone gas at concentrations as low as 50 ppb at 25 °C. To impart humidity stability, C8F was employed as a hydrophobic dopant, and a valid signal could be reliably detected even in the range of 0-80% relative humidity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe synthesized core-shell-shaped nanocomposites composed of a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) and heptadecafluorooctanesulfonic acid-doped polypyrrole (C8F-doped-PPy)/phenyllatic acid (PLA), i.e., C8F-doped-PPy/PLA@SWCNT, for detecting acetone gas with high sensitivity and humidity stability.
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