Strain self-sensing tailoring in functionalised carbon nanotubes/epoxy nanocomposites in response to electrical resistance change measurement

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dc.contributor.authorAn, Donglan
dc.contributor.authorNourry, Jim
dc.contributor.authorGharavian, Somayeh
dc.contributor.authorThakur, Vijay Kumar
dc.contributor.authorAria, Adrianus Indrat
dc.contributor.authorDurazo-Cardenas, Isidro
dc.contributor.authorKhaleque, Tasnuva
dc.contributor.authorNezhad, Hamed Yazdani
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-10T10:27:21Z
dc.date.available2021-03-10T10:27:21Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-26
dc.description.abstractCarbon nanotubes (CNTs) are inherently multifunctional, conductive and possess piezo-resistive characteristics. Aiming at the multi-functionality of materials, nanocomposites made of epoxy resin with embedded CNTs are a promising solution for strain self-sensing applications. A critical parameter to achieve repeatable and reliable measure is the CNTs dispersion state in the resin. This study investigated the effect of CNTs concentration (0.01 wt% and 0.1 wt%), with different loading of surfactant Triton X-100, (0.0%, 0.2%, 0.5% and 1.0%) on strain sensing in terms of sensitivity and linearity based on electrical resistance data. The CNTs were synthesised directly using an injection floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition (ICCVD) process and their quality was characterised by Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Only the epoxy modified with 0.1 wt% CNTs exhibited sufficient piezo-resistivity for the resistance measurements, and those with 0.01 wt% CNTs did not show sufficiently measurable conductivity so were excluded in our study, since their CNTs were highly entangled, and conductive network failed to be established. It was observed that, with 0.1 wt% CNTs, adding 0.5% content of the surfactant improved gauge factor. With more content of the surfactant (1.0 %), surprisingly, we observed a drop of gauge factor by the order of two. Therefore, by comparing the conductivity change between 1.0% and 0.5% surfactant, we postulated that the relatively high content surfactant has reached critical micelle concentration, and negatively affects CNTs dispersion state. The research presented in this article shows that moderate content of surfactant could improve piezo-resistivity gauge factor while excessive surfactant could cause adverse effect.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationAn D, Nourry J, Gharavian S, et al., (2020) Strain self-sensing tailoring in functionalised carbon nanotubes/epoxy nanocomposites in response to electrical resistance change measurement. In: TESConf 2020 - 9th International Conference on Through-life Engineering Services, 3-4 November 2020, Virtual Eventen_UK
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3718026
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16459
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSSRNen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectsurfactanten_UK
dc.subjectin-situ strain measurementen_UK
dc.subjectself-sensingen_UK
dc.subjectpiezo-resistivityen_UK
dc.subjectnanocompositesen_UK
dc.subjectCarbon nanotubesen_UK
dc.titleStrain self-sensing tailoring in functionalised carbon nanotubes/epoxy nanocomposites in response to electrical resistance change measurementen_UK
dc.typeConference paperen_UK

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