A microscopic investigation of conducting filled polymers

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作者
Zweifel, Y [1 ]
Plummer, CJG [1 ]
Kausch, HH [1 ]
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[1] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Lab Polymeres, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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10.1023/A:1004316229497
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T [工业技术];
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The electrical conductivity of polymer resins containing gold and silver particulate fillers has been investigated as a function of the particle content. At the same time, an apparatus constructed in-house has permitted measurement of the conductance between two isolated filler particles in the presence of an epoxy or polyester resin undergoing cure in situ. Numerical simulations of the conductivity of composites for filler volume fractions beyond the percolation threshold have shown these microscopic measurements to be consistent with the observed conductivities of the macroscopic samples. (C) 1998 Chapman & Hall.
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