AC and DC percolative conductivity of single wall carbon nanotube polymer composites Export

@article{mclachlan05, abstract = {The equations needed to correctly interpret both AC and DC conductivity results of single wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) polymer composites and the scaling of these results onto a single master curve are presented. Brief discussions on the factors that determine the critical volume fraction (\&phis;c) and the percolation exponent (t) are also given. The results for a series of SWNT-polyimide composites are presented and the parameters obtained from fitting these results are discussed. The critical volume fraction for electrical percolation of the present composite was about 0.0005. Results obtained from previous work on SWNT (MWNT)-polymer composites and other percolation systems and the modeling (interpretation) of these results are also discussed and compared. {\copyright} 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 43: 3273-3287, 2005}, address = {School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Virginia; Advanced Materials and Processing Branch, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia}, author = {Mclachlan, David S. and Chiteme, Cosmas and Park, Cheol and Wise, Kristopher E. and Lowther, Sharon E. and Lillehei, Peter T. and Siochi, Emilie J. and Harrison, Joycelyn S.}, citeulike-article-id = {2620091}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.20597}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112098969/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/polb.20597}, journal = {Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics}, keywords = {ac, cnt, composite, dc, percolation}, number = {22}, pages = {3273--3287}, posted-at = {2008-04-01 15:21:53}, priority = {2}, title = {AC and DC percolative conductivity of single wall carbon nanotube polymer composites}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.20597}, volume = {43}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - mclachlan05 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2620091 N2 - The equations needed to correctly interpret both AC and DC conductivity results of single wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) polymer composites and the scaling of these results onto a single master curve are presented. Brief discussions on the factors that determine the critical volume fraction (&phis;c) and the percolation exponent (t) are also given. The results for a series of SWNT-polyimide composites are presented and the parameters obtained from fitting these results are discussed. The critical volume fraction for electrical percolation of the present composite was about 0.0005. Results obtained from previous work on SWNT (MWNT)-polymer composites and other percolation systems and the modeling (interpretation) of these results are also discussed and compared. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 43: 3273-3287, 2005 IS - 22 JF - Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics AD - School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Virginia; Advanced Materials and Processing Branch, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia EP - 3287 TI - AC and DC percolative conductivity of single wall carbon nanotube polymer composites VL - 43 SP - 3273 KW - ac KW - cnt KW - composite KW - dc KW - percolation AU - Mclachlan, David AU - Chiteme, Cosmas AU - Park, Cheol AU - Wise, Kristopher AU - Lowther, Sharon AU - Lillehei, Peter AU - Siochi, Emilie AU - Harrison, Joycelyn PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.20597 ER -