Universal power law behavior of the AC conductivity versus frequency of agglomerate morphologies in conductive carbon nanotube-reinforced epoxy networks
Author | Greenhoe, Brian M. |
Author | Hassan, Mohammad K. |
Author | Wiggins, Jeffrey S. |
Author | Mauritz, Kenneth A. |
Available date | 2021-06-07T09:59:14Z |
Publication Date | 2016 |
Publication Name | Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics |
Resource | Scopus |
Abstract | The Jonscher universal power law for ac conductivity versus frequency (f = /2) in the dispersion region was tested for a multiwall carbon nanotube/epoxy nanocomposite. The effect of changes in agglomerate morphology on the fitting parameters A and n in the equation ?ac = A?n was investigated. Changing nanotube agglomerate morphology was tracked by optical microscopy through curing. Evolving morphology was compared alongside ac conductivity obtained via a broadband dielectric spectrometer to elucidate possible physical meaning of the universal power law in the context of this system. The ?logA/n was unaffected by changes in agglomerate morphology affected during cure, yet connected with each other in their dependence on temperature. For this system, the relationship between the fitting parameters in the universal dynamic response equation remains empirical at this stage with regard to biphasic texture or morphology within such a network. Electrical conductivity ? versus frequency ? for a composite consisting of agglomerated multiwalled carbon nanotubes dispersed throughout a cured epoxy matrix was discovered to follow the empirical universal dynamic response equation of Jonscher. The frequency behavior of the exponent n is discussed in terms of underlying morphology throughout which charge carriers migrate. |
Language | en |
Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Inc. |
Subject | Carbon nanotubes Curing Dynamic response Morphology Nanotubes Spectrometers Yarn Broad-band dielectric spectroscopy Conductive carbon nanotubes Dielectric spectrometers Electrical conductivity epoxy Nanotube agglomerates Power-law Universal power law Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCN) |
Type | Article |
Pagination | 1918-1923 |
Issue Number | 19 |
Volume Number | 54 |
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