Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.712, 144-148, 2018
Unusual conductivity temperature dependence of multiwalled carbon nanotube thin film
The Multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) thin films has been formed on PVC substrate using Langmuir-Blodgett technique as highly promising material for optoelectronics. The layers were annealed at 367 K which has led to significant electrical resistance decrease. The resistance of the obtained layer was investigated in wide temperature range showing the dependence significantly different from that observed for the layers created using CNTs of smaller diameter. The reason of the unusual conductivity temperature dependence is most probably the difference in thermal expansion coefficients of MWCNTs and the polymer combined with relatively high stiffness of the nanotubes with such large diameter.