Original scientific paper
Sensors on Textile Fibres Based on Ag/a-C:H:O Nanocomposite Coatings
Martin Drabik
; Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Nina Vogel-Schäuble
; Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Manfred Heuberger
; Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Dirk Hegemann
; Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Hynek Biederman
; Department of Macromolecular Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract
In this contribution we present a study of the vacuum deposition process of metal/plasma polymer nanocomposite thin films monitored using plasma diagnostics (optical emission spectroscopy). We investigate the electrical properties of the nanocomposite structures suitable for their application as humidity sensors. Furthermore, the film microstructure is characterized by transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction analysis. The amount of silver in the nanocomposite is evaluated using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry and the morphology of the structured system of metal electrodes and nanocomposite films on monofilament textile fibres is visualized using scanning electron microscopy. Ageing of nanocomposite coatings and the influence of an aqueous environment on their internal structure and properties are discussed.
Keywords
nanocomposite thin film; sensor; textile fibre
Hrčak ID:
142697
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Publication date:
1.1.2013.
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