Electrospinning of poly(vinylidene fluoride)/dimethylformamide solutions with carbon nanotubes

For conductive carbon nanotube (CN)/polymer composite fibers to be obtained, CNs were incorporated into poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) in dimethylformamide (DMF) solutions and electrospun to form CN/PVDF fiber mats. The thinnest fiber was 70 nm thick. The percolation threshold for the insulator-to-conductor transition was 0.003 wt % CN for CN/PVDF/DMF solutions, 0.015 wt % CN for CN/PVDF spin-coated films, and 0.04 wt % CN for CN/PVDF electrospun fiber mats. (C) 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.