Synthesis of Highly Conductive Electrospun Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate Nanofibers Using the Electroless Deposition Method

Hussain, Nadir; Mehdi, Mujahid; Yousif, Muhammad; Ali, Aizaz; Ullah, Sana; Hussain Siyal, Sajid; Hussain, Tanweer; Kim, Ick Soo

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Synthesis of Highly Conductive Electrospun Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate Nanofibers Using the Electroless Deposition Method

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Nano Fusion Technology Research Group, Division of Frontier Fibers, Institute for Fiber Engineering (IFES), Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research (ICCER), Shinshu University, Tokida 3-15-1, Ueda, Nagano Prefecture 386-8567, Japan

National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China

State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China

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Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi 74800, Pakistan

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Centre of Excellence in Nanotechnology and Materials, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro 76060, Pakistan

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Nanomaterials 2021, 11(2), 531; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11020531

Received: 18 January 2021 / Revised: 8 February 2021 / Accepted: 16 February 2021 / Published: 19 February 2021

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Plastic bottles are generally recycled by remolding them into numerous products. In this study, waste from plastic bottles was used to fabricate recycled polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET) nanofibers via the electrospinning technique, and high-performance conductive polyethylene terephthalate nanofibers (r-PET nanofibers) were prepared followed by copper deposition using the electroless deposition (ELD) method. Firstly, the electrospun r-PET nanofibers were chemically modified with silane molecules and polymerized with 2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl trimethylammonium chloride (METAC) solution. Finally, the copper deposition was achieved on the surface of chemically modified r-PET nanofibers by simple chemical/ion attraction. The water contact angle of r-PET nanofibers, chemically modified r-PET nanofibers, and copper deposited nanofibers were 140°, 80°, and 138°, respectively. The r-PET nanofibers retained their fibrous morphology after copper deposition, and EDX results confirmed the presence of copper on the surface of r-PET nanofibers. XPS was performed to analyze chemical changes before and after copper deposition on r-PET nanofibers. The successful deposition of copper one r-PET nanofibers showed an excellent electrical resistance of 0.1 ohms/cm and good mechanical strength according to ASTM D-638. View Full-Text

Keywords: electrospinning; nanofibers; electroless deposition; wearable electronics; waste drinking bottles

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Hussain, N.; Mehdi, M.; Yousif, M.; Ali, A.; Ullah, S.; Hussain Siyal, S.; Hussain, T.; Kim, I.S. Synthesis of Highly Conductive Electrospun Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate Nanofibers Using the Electroless Deposition Method. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 531. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11020531

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Hussain N, Mehdi M, Yousif M, Ali A, Ullah S, Hussain Siyal S, Hussain T, Kim IS. Synthesis of Highly Conductive Electrospun Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate Nanofibers Using the Electroless Deposition Method. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(2):531. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11020531

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Hussain, Nadir, Mujahid Mehdi, Muhammad Yousif, Aizaz Ali, Sana Ullah, Sajid Hussain Siyal, Tanweer Hussain, and Ick S. Kim. 2021. "Synthesis of Highly Conductive Electrospun Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate Nanofibers Using the Electroless Deposition Method" Nanomaterials 11, no. 2: 531. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11020531

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