Understanding dynamic percolation mechanisms in carbonaceous polymer nanocomposites through impedance spectroscopy: Experiments and modeling

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Combessis, A ^a,b   Charvin, N ^b   Allais, A ^a   Fournier, J ^a   Flandin, L ^b  

^a Nexans Research Center   (France)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILLED POLYMERS; FILLERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER MELTS; SOLVENTS;

A.C. CONDUCTIVITY; CARBONACEOUS FILLERS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; DYNAMIC PERCOLATION; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELING; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 84904681767     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4890342     Document Type: Article

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