Poly (3-hexyl thiophene) Nano Particles Coated Conductive Fabrics: Chemical Characterization

Recently, the textile industry has made considerable advances in the field of high value added textiles, mainly in the sectors of high performance textiles and yarns. The use of new materials with specific properties and the development of new structures and integration processes make it possible todevelop supports able to convey information while being mostly based on properties of electric conduction [1]. In this paper, Poly (3-hexyl thiophene) has been mainly usedin order to create conductive fabrics by means of oxidative chemical polymerization.After depositing P3HT on polyesterfabric, the samples are investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), optical and stereo microscope, FTIR spectroscopy, surface resistance measurements and UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy