Comprative study of electrical conductivity between treated cotton and wool fabrics via single- walled carbon nanotube and carboxylated single -walled carbon nano tube

Cotton and wool fabrics were treated with single wall and carboxylated single wall carbon nanotubes without using any additional auxillaries by sonicator dyeing.The electrical conductivity of these two kind of natural fabrics were comprised.The morphology of the modified surfaces has been investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The surface morphology of treated samples was confirming the carbon nanotubes on the surface of cotton and wool samples. With increasing the time of treatment, it was revealed more amount of CNT particles on the surface of the fabrics. Electrical resistance of treated samples was also assessed. According to the results, the electrical resistance of treated cotton and wool fabrics with carbon nanotubes reduced significantly. However, more amounts of CNT observed on the surface of cotton and wool fabrics in the case of using carboxylated single wall carbon nanotubes and is more useful to increase the conductivity. In the short time of treatment cotton fabrics were shown better electrical conductivity and in 45min CNT treatment wool fabrics had higher electrical conductivity.