Research Article
Piezoelectric and Dielectric Characterization of MWCNT-Based Nanocomposite Flexible Films
Table 4
Overview of the size range of surface modified MWCNT clusters as a function of treatment time and volume fraction in the piezoelectric thick film.
| Ultrasonication time | Volume fraction of MWCNTs | Associated SEM figure | Size range of MWCNT cluster |
| 30 minutes | 0.03 | Figure 4(a) | 50 μm | 0.06 | Figure 4(b) | 60 μm | 0.09 | Figure 4(c) | 65 μm |
| 2 hours | 0.03 | Figure 5(a) | 15 μm | 0.06 | Figure 5(b) | 16.7 μm | 0.09 | Figure 5(c) | 17.5 μm |
| | 0.03 | Figure 6(a) | 1.25 μm | 3 hours | 0.06 | Figure 6(b) | 1.36 μm | | 0.09 | Figure 6(c) | 1.44 μm |
| | 0.03 | Figure 7(a) | 326 nm | 4 hours | 0.06 | Figure 7(b) | 340 nm | | 0.09 | Figure 7(c) | 345 nm |
| | 0.03 | Figure 8(a) | 331 nm | 8 hours | 0.06 | Figure 8(b) | 338 nm | | 0.09 | Figure 8(c) | 347 nm |
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