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Tunable magnetoresistance of core-shell structured polyaniline nanocomposites with 0-, 1-, and 2-dimensional nanocarbons

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Core-shell structured polyaniline (PANI) nanocomposites with tunable magnetoresistance (MR) were obtained through the facial surface-initiated polymerization method with assistance of zero-, one-, and two-dimensional nanocarbons (carbon black, carbon fiber, carbon tube, and graphene). The improved dielectric properties and typical semiconducting behavior were observed in the PANI nanocomposites. And the quasi 3D electron conduction mechanism was observed in all the samples through Mott variable range hopping model, indicating that dimension of the nanocarbons does not affect the charge transport mechanism. Meanwhile, positive MR was observed in all the samples, and the MR value can be controlled by nanocarbons. When nanocarbon loading is 10.0 wt%, MR of graphene/PANI, carbon fiber/PANI, carbon black/PANI, and carbon tube/PANI were 15.6%, 14.7%, 9.5%, and 1.5%, respectively. The positive MR phenomenon was analyzed by the wave functional shrinkage model. The magnetic field and nanocarbons’ effects on the localization length, density of state at the Fermi level, average hopping length, and hopping energy were systematically studied. This work provides the guideline for the fabrication of tunable magnetic sensor or information storage device.

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Tunable magnetoresistance was reported in the polyaniline nanocomposites with zero-, one-, and two-dimensional nanocarbons as fillers.

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The work is supported by the Research Starting Foundation of Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, and Research Starting Foundation of University of Tennessee, the Research Foundation for Thousand Young Talent Plan of Shaanxi province of China.

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi’an, 710021, China

    Jiang Guo, Xu Li & Jianfeng Zhu

  2. Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA

    Jiang Guo & Zhanhu Guo

  3. Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Mold (Zhengzhou University), Ministry of Education, National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Polymer Processing Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China

    Hu Liu & Gang Song

  4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA

    David P. Young

  5. Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA

    Kenan Song

  6. Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, China

    Jie Kong

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Guo, J., Li, X., Liu, H. et al. Tunable magnetoresistance of core-shell structured polyaniline nanocomposites with 0-, 1-, and 2-dimensional nanocarbons. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 4, 51–64 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-021-00211-6

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