Juniper Publishers Journal of Polymer science

   JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-   ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE Abstract In the rapidly developing world a great concern regarding the protection and wellbeing of living beings and environment has led to the necessity for development of accurate monitoring processes through accurate and sensitive sensors. For these sensor applications conducting polymers nanocomposites have been widely used. In this article we will discuss about the conducting polymers, their mechanism of conduction, the sensing mechanism and different types of conducting polymers-based gas sensors. The prospects of conducting polymers-based gas sensor nanocomposites are also discussed in this article. Keywords:  Conducting polymers; nanocomposites; gas sensors; polymers; sensors Abbreviations:  CPs: Conducting Polymers; PANI: Polyaniline; PPy: Poly Pyrrole; PTs: Polythiophene; PEDOT: Poly 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene Introduction Conducting Polymers Recently the conducting polymers (CPs) have gained...

     JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-   ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE Abstract Most of the studies about ion exchange membrane (IEM) have been focused on the analysis of commercial IEM, material engineering on the tailor-made membrane, and system engineering related to the IEM applications. However, the structural engineering of IEM is quite effective to improve drastically IEM properties because the structure can affect the movement and hindrance of ion in the membrane body. It is worth taking this opportunity to recall the need for IEM structural studies. As one idea of structural engineering research, an IEM that simulates the concrete structure of a building can be very effective to overcome the limitation of conventional IEMs. Keywords:  Ion exchange membrane; structural engineering; nanofiber; concrete; composite Introduction The role of IEM is quite important in various research or industrial area, but its development has been stagnant in recent years. At this p...

   JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-   ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE Opinion The flexible microwave absorbers are being considered as new generation materials which have wide applications in the local area network, wireless data communication, radar systems, satellite communication, satellite television, electronic devices and the heating systems, etc. A number of dielectric, magnetic, and magneto – dielectric materials are frequently used as microwave absorbers for various applications. The carbonaceous materials like carbon fiber, carbon nanotubes, graphite and graphene and inorganic materials like metals, metal oxides, and conducting alloys are used to develop the dielectric microwave absorber because of their conducting loss property. The magnetic materials like magnetic metals and their compounds are used to produce magnetic microwave absorber due to their hysteresis loss property. The combined features of the dielectric and magnetic materials together assist in the preparat...