Carbon Nanotube Areas — Printed on Textile and Paper Substrates

Mass printing processes are the key technology to produce mass products to the point of one-disposable. Carbon nanotube (CNT) based structures were prepared by flexographic printing using multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) dispersions in water. The carbon nanotubes were applied to a textile substr...

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Published in:	Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Vol. 1; no. 1; p. 18
Main Authors:	Fischer, Thomas, Wetzold, Nora, Elsner, Holg, Kroll, Lothar, C. Hubler, Arved
Format:	Journal Article Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	John Wiley & Sons, Inc 20-06-2011 InTech Hindawi - SAGE Publishing
Subjects:	carbon nanotube Composite materials flexographic printing Flexography heating element mass printing Methods Nanotubes nonwoven substrate
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Summary:	Mass printing processes are the key technology to produce mass products to the point of one-disposable. Carbon nanotube (CNT) based structures were prepared by flexographic printing using multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) dispersions in water. The carbon nanotubes were applied to a textile substrate made of polyester and polyamide microfilaments and to both-side coated paper to produce electrically conductive layers that can be used, for example, as heating elements. Carbon nanotube layers with sheet resistivity ranging from 0.12 to 3.00 kΩ/sq were obtained. The ratio of radiation power P S (determined according to the Stefan-Boltzmann law) of the printed layers to the electrical power spent, represents the efficiency of the system. The samples on textile substrate with a surface temperature of 169°C have an efficiency of 25%, the paper samples with a surface temperature of 93 °C have an efficiency of about 15 %.
Bibliography:	71562
ISSN:	1847-9804 1847-9804
DOI:	10.5772/50946