Nonlinear conduction in composites above percolation threshold - Beyond the backbone

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 241, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 267-277

  Bardhan, K K ^a  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Composites; Inhomogeneous systems; Nonlinearity; Percolation; Scaling

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONDUCTOR INSULATOR MIXTURES;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 0345983178     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00094-0     Document Type: Article

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32. The case of ac conduction as well as other disordered/inhomogeneous systems where p is not a relevant variable will be discussed elsewhere. The onset of nonlinearity is described in all these cases still by Eq. (1) but x may be different pointing towards a nonuniversal behaviour.