Dielectric response of multiwalled carbon nanotubes as a function of applied ac-electric fields

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Basu, Rajratan [1 ]
Iannacchione, Germano S. [1 ]
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[1] Worcester Polytech Inst, Dept Phys, Order Disorder Phenomena Lab, Worcester, MA 01609 USA
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10.1063/1.3035963
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The complex dielectric constant (epsilon*) is reported for multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) up to 10(5) Hz as a function of ac-electric field amplitudes E-rot (in phase and same frequency as the measurement) and E-ac (different phase and fixed frequency with respect to the measurement). A slow relaxation process (mode 1) is observed, which shifts to higher frequency with increasing E-rot but is independent of E-ac. A fast relaxation process (mode 2) is also observed, which is independent of E-rot but shifts to higher frequency with increasing E-ac (opposite to that of mode 1). An ac-conductivity analysis of MWCNT reveals insights on how E-rot and E-ac influence the dissipation. (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3035963]
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