Zhang, Wei and Blackburn, Richard S. and Dehghani-Sanij, Abbas A. (2007) Effect of silica concentration on electrical conductivity of epoxy resin-carbon black-silica nanocomposites. SCRIPTA MATERIALIA, 56 (7). pp. 581-584.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2006.12.039
Abstract
Electrical properties of nanocomposites are determined by the conductive paths of carbon black and influenced by a ``network'' of silica. With increasing content of silica, carbon black (CB) particles are optimally dispersed, contributing to the generation of a conductive network between CB particles via direct particle contact and a tunneling effect; maximum conductivity for the epoxy resin-CB-silica nanocomposite described herein occurs at a ratio of 0.6:1.0 (SiO2:CB). As a non-conductive component, excessive silica will prevent electron flow, giving rise to low conductivity. (c) 2007 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | polymer murix composites; nanocomposite; electrical conductivity of polymers; semiconductors; scanning electron microscopy (SEM) |
| Subjects: | Material Science > Functional and hybrid materials Physical Science > Nanoelectronics |
| ID Code: | 2508 |
| Deposited By: | Farnush Anwar |
| Deposited On: | 09 Jan 2009 15:05 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2009 15:05 |
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