02354nas a2200265   4500008004100000022001400041245013200055210006900187260000800256300001200264490000700276520141300283653002101696653003401717653002601751653002401777653002201801653001601823653001301839653003701852100002501889700002201914700002201936856013001958       2017                        eng d  a0892-705700aPolypropylene-based conducting nanocomposites: effect of aspect ratio of second conducting filler on the electrical percolation0 aPolypropylenebased conducting nanocomposites effect of aspect ra  cJUN  a840-8540 v303 a<p>Powder-mixed polypropylene (PP)-graphite binary composites exhibit an electrical percolation threshold at 10 wt% graphite signifying insulator-semiconductor transition. Three conducting fillers such as carbon black (CB), sonicated expanded graphite (s-ExGr), and carbon nanofiber (CNF) are mixed with PP-7 wt% graphite binary composites. The electrical percolation threshold has been found to have inverse relation to the aspect ratio of second conducting fillers in hybrid composites. The aspect ratio of second conducting fillers varies in the order CB &lt; ExGr &lt; CNF. The electrical percolation threshold is found to vary for the hybrid composites as 2.2 wt% for CB addition, 0.75 wt% for ExGr addition, and 0.2 wt% for CNF addition in the PP-7 wt% graphite binary composites. When the aspect ratio of second conducting fillers increases, they reduce the barrier for the charge transport. The second conducting fillers occupy the interspace of graphite and alternating current studies show that the effective dielectric constant increases with the concentration of second conducting filler in the hybrid composites. The composites are characterized by transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Melt-crystallized PP-7 wt% graphite-CNF composites exhibit higher percolation threshold due to decrease in the polymer viscosity which increases the interparticulate distance.</p>10acarbon nanofiber10aConducting polymer composites10aElectrical properties10agraphite nanosheets10ahybrid composites10apercolation10ascanning10atransmission electron microscopy1 aRamanujam, B., T. S.1 aRadhakrishnan, S.1 aDeshpande, S., D.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/polypropylene-based-conducting-nanocomposites-effect-aspect-ratio-second-conducting-filler02353nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245009800055210006900153260000900222300001100231490000800242520156000250653002101810653002001831653001901851653001801870653000801888100002401896700001801920700002401938700002301962856012601985       2022                        eng d  a0925-838800aFacile synthesis of nanocomposites of CNF-Sn and C-Sn microspheres: Prospective field emitter0 aFacile synthesis of nanocomposites of CNFSn and CSn microspheres  cJUN   a1643180 v9073 a<p>
	We report synthesis of Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) and hybrid nanocomposites namely, CNF-Sn and C-Sn microspheres using simple electrospinning technique, followed by annealing in controlled atmosphere. The as-prepared materials were characterized using X-raydiffraction (XRD), Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Ultra-violet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), and Raman spectroscopy to reveal their physico-chemical properties. As carbon family members are potential materials for field emission (FE) based applications, owing to their high aspect ratio FE characteristics of the synthesized materials were explored at base pressure of 1 x 10(-8) mbar. Interestingly, the hybrid nanocomposite CNF-Sn and C-Sn emitters showed improved FE behavior (with the turn-on field of 3.4 and 1.36 V/mu m, respectively) in contrast to the pristine CNFs emitter (turn-on field of 5.4 V/mu m). Furthermore, the maximum emission current density is substantially enhanced, 7.75 and 4.6 mA/cm(2) for CNF-Sn and C-Sn emitters, respectively. The improvement in the FE behavior of nanocomposite emitters is attributed to the combined effect of morphology and modulation of electronic properties at the interface of nanocomposites. The results confirm that FE characteristics of pristine nanostructures can be greatly improved upon formation of their nanocomposites and this approach can be extended to other nanostructures for improving their multi-functionalities. (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>
10acarbon nanofiber10aelectrospinning10afield emission10aNanocomposite10aTin1 aBadadhe, Satish, S.1 aYadav, Poonam1 aSuryawanshi, Sachin1 aMore, Mahendra, A.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/facile-synthesis-nanocomposites-cnf-sn-and-c-sn-microspheres-prospective-field-emitter