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Effect of dopant on the conductivity and stability of three different cotton fabrics impregnated with PEDOT:PSS

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This study has investigated the electrical conductivity (sheet resistance) and morphological properties of dental cotton, textile cotton and gauze cotton after drop casting each type with mixtures of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) as primary dopant and dimethylsulfoxide as secondary dopant to further enhance conductivity. These cottons were chosen because they are representative of the wide range of cottons available in the marketplace. Results show that the dental cotton with 96.82 wt% PEDOT:PSS had a minimum sheet resistance of 0.0615 Ω/□ by comparison with the gauze and textile cottons which showed sheet resistances of 0.5061 Ω/□ (64.79 wt% PEDOT:PSS) and 1.2159 Ω/□ (37.20 wt% PEDOT:PSS) respectively. Further, all sheet resistances were found to be stable over a period of approximately 1 month. The sheet resistances of the conductive cottons were also investigated as a function of temperature in the range from 30 to 100 °C.

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  1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm AL-Qura University, Al Taif Road, Makkah, 24382, Saudi Arabia

    Fahad Alhashmi Alamer & Nujud M. Badawi

  2. Research Chair for Tribology, Surface, and Interface Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Abdullah Alodhayb

  3. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, 30002, Saudi Arabia

    Rawda M. Okasha

  4. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, 30002, Saudi Arabia

    Nessrin A. Kattan

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Alhashmi Alamer, F., Badawi, N.M., Alodhayb, A. et al. Effect of dopant on the conductivity and stability of three different cotton fabrics impregnated with PEDOT:PSS. Cellulose 27, 531–543 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-019-02787-1

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