A new Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) based conducting cotton fabric was properly designed and achieved, as a useful component for the development of humidity and temperature sensors. A synthetic strategy was optimized through subsequent steps of MWCNTs functionalization and dispersion in a polymer matrix, by first reacting functionalized MWCNTs, 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid (BTCA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and then adding a polyacrylic resin. The polymeric paste thus obtained, containing a synthetic thickener, was applied by a knife-over-roll coating technique onto cotton fabric, then dried and finally cured. The polymeric coated textile sample was analyzed with different chemical-physical techniques to determine its morphological features, thermal behavior and surface resistance. Changes in surface resistance of the film were monitored as a function of relative humidity and temperature variation. The electrical resistance properties of the film deposited on cotton surface seem to be clearly influenced by the presence of water molecules interacting with MWCNTs junctions. This efficient functional fabric may be a helpful starting point to develop technical textiles, or the component of a humidity sensor, useful as dual-functional sensing material for detection of environmental humidity/temperature variations.

(2017). Structural and morphological characterizations of MWCNTs hybrid coating onto cotton fabric as potential humidity and temperature wearable sensor [journal article - articolo]. In SENSORS AND ACTUATORS. B, CHEMICAL. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/94140

Structural and morphological characterizations of MWCNTs hybrid coating onto cotton fabric as potential humidity and temperature wearable sensor

ROSACE, Giuseppe;TROVATO, Valentina;COLLEONI, Claudio;CALDARA, Michele;RE, Valerio;PLUTINO, MARIA ROSARIA
2017-01-01

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A new Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) based conducting cotton fabric was properly designed and achieved, as a useful component for the development of humidity and temperature sensors. A synthetic strategy was optimized through subsequent steps of MWCNTs functionalization and dispersion in a polymer matrix, by first reacting functionalized MWCNTs, 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid (BTCA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and then adding a polyacrylic resin. The polymeric paste thus obtained, containing a synthetic thickener, was applied by a knife-over-roll coating technique onto cotton fabric, then dried and finally cured. The polymeric coated textile sample was analyzed with different chemical-physical techniques to determine its morphological features, thermal behavior and surface resistance. Changes in surface resistance of the film were monitored as a function of relative humidity and temperature variation. The electrical resistance properties of the film deposited on cotton surface seem to be clearly influenced by the presence of water molecules interacting with MWCNTs junctions. This efficient functional fabric may be a helpful starting point to develop technical textiles, or the component of a humidity sensor, useful as dual-functional sensing material for detection of environmental humidity/temperature variations.
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Rosace, Giuseppe; Trovato, Valentina; Colleoni, Claudio; Caldara, Michele; Re, Valerio; Brucale, Marco; Piperopoulos, Elpida; Mastronardo, Emanuela; Milone, Candida; De Luca, Giovanna; Plutino, Maria Rosaria Laura
(2017). Structural and morphological characterizations of MWCNTs hybrid coating onto cotton fabric as potential humidity and temperature wearable sensor [journal article - articolo]. In SENSORS AND ACTUATORS. B, CHEMICAL. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/94140
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