Low temperature magnetoresistance and magnetization studies of iron encapsulated multiwall carbon nanotube/polyvinyl chloride composites

A simple and environmentally friendly method for surface modification of ZrO2 nanoparticles by biosafe citric acid as well as ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and its application for the preparation of poly(vinyl chloride) nanocomposite films

“…The broad peak in the XRD curve of pure PVC indicated that the PVC is completely amorphous in nature (Fig. a), meaning that there are no regular crystalline planes to appear in XRD . The XRD of the NCs (Fig.…”

“…Over the past two decades, incorporation of different types of nanoparticles (NPs) into the polymer matrix for synthesis of nanocomposites (NCs) has attracted a great deal of attention due to novel physical and chemical properties of NCs which differ from both of the pure polymers and NPs . Because of this ability, NCs have a lot of application in various areas such as plastics and rubber reinforcement , catalysis , coatings , biotechnology , and electronics .…”

Low temperature charge transport study of MWCNT/PEDOT:PSS composites: insulating to metallic regime

“…The transport of CNT/polymer composites is very sensitive to the amount, aspect ratio, defects, concentration, dispersion and distribution of CNTs. Thus, the method of fabrication of CNT/polymer composites, which controls the nanoscale connectivity of the filler and polymer matrix, plays a key role in tuning the transport properties [1,13,17,18].…”

“…Low temperature charge transport study of MWCNT/ polymer composites using various conducting (PANI, PPy, PEDOT:PSS) and non-conducting (polystyrene, polymethyl methacrylate, poly vinyl chloride) polymers has been studied [1,13,[15][16][17][18]. Different transport regimes have been reported by various groups depending on the amount of MWCNTs and the nature of polymer [13,[15][16][17][18][20][21][22].…”

“…Low temperature charge transport study of MWCNT/ polymer composites using various conducting (PANI, PPy, PEDOT:PSS) and non-conducting (polystyrene, polymethyl methacrylate, poly vinyl chloride) polymers has been studied [1,13,[15][16][17][18]. Different transport regimes have been reported by various groups depending on the amount of MWCNTs and the nature of polymer [13,[15][16][17][18][20][21][22]. The charge transport regime of the composites can be identified by using two important parameters: (i) relative conductivity ratio (σ 300 K /σ 2 K ) and (ii) slope of reduced activation energy (W) vs temperature.…”