Electronic Transport Properties of Incipient Graphitic Domains Formation in PAN Derived Carbon Nanofibers

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Electronic transport
electrospinning
graphitic domains
magnetoresistance
nanofibers
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Ramos, Idalia
Furlan, Rogerio
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The carbon nanofibers used in this work were derived from a polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/N, N-dimethyl formamide (DMF) precursor solution using electrospinning and vacuum pyrolysis techniques. Their conductivity, σ, was measured at temperatures between 1.9 and 300 K and transverse magnetic field between -9 and 9 T. Zero magnetic field conductivity σ(0,T) was found to increase monotonically with the temperature with a convex σ(0,T) versus T curve. Conductivity increases with the external transverse magnetic field, revealing a negative magnetoresistance at temperatures between 1.9 and 10 K, with a maximum magnetoresistance of - 75 % at 1.9 K and 9 T. The magnetic field dependence of the conductivity and the temperature dependence of the zero-field conductivity are best described using the two-dimensional weak localization effect.

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2004-03-01
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Copyright 2004 IEEE. Reprinted from IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Volume 3, Issue 1, March 2004, pages 80-85. Publisher URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isNumber=28578&page=1 This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Such permission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEE endorsement of any of the University of Pennsylvania's products or services. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to pubs-permissions@ieee.org. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it.
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