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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 254, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.117304
Keywords
Electro-active paper; PANI; Cellulose; Transducers; Touch sensor
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- University of Bologna
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This work presents a simple, inexpensive industrial paper process for preparing sheets of conductive cellulose fibers coated with polyanilines, demonstrating superior electronic properties by assembling a capacitive touch sensor device. This method could significantly improve the development of low-cost, green, and high-tech electronic devices.
In this work we present a simple, inexpensive, and easily scalable industrial paper process to prepare sheets of conductive cellulose fibers coated with polyanilines. First, bare fibers were coated by in situ oxidative polymerization of polyaniline then, the resulting composite fibers were used to fabricate electmactive sheets. The resistivity of the sheets is 14 +/- 1 Omega sq(-1), a value around 1000 times lower than those reported in literature. The superior electronic proprieties of the sheets were demonstrated by assembling a capacitive touch sensor device with optimized geometry. The touch sensor shows an increase of 3-4 % of the starting electric capacity after compression and a fast response time of 52 ms. To our knowledge this is the first time that a device is prepared in this way and therefore, the herein presented results can bring an significant improvement in the development of low-cost, green and high-tech electronic devices.
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