ABSTRACT
Different routes were reported to obtain conductive nanofibers based on electrospinning. Conducting nanofibers by blending multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) and polyaniline (PANI)/poly(ethylene oxide) were produced using electrospinning. The unexpected transition in the electrical conductivity was attributed to the interactions between the MWCNTs and the Conducting polymers inside the fiber due to an annealing effect of the PANI/PEO matrix from the thermal dissipation of the carbon nanotubes. Pure polypyrrole was used to prepare conductive nonwoven mats. he relatively low molecular weight of conductive polymers, decrease in specific viscosity of composites resulted a small nanofiber diameters. PANI was blended with a natural protein, gelatin, and coelectrospun into nanofibers to investigate the potential application of such a blend as conductive scaffolds for tissue engineering purposes. An increasing trend in diameters was reported at increasing PANI concentration.
