Features of Microstructure and Percolation Behavior of Polypropylene Glycol, Filled by Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

Authors E.A. Lysenkov1 , , V.V. Klepko2 , I.P. Lysenkova1
Affiliations

1 Mykolayiv V.O. Sukhomlynskiy National University, 24, Nikol'ska Str., 54030 Mykolayiv, Ukraine

2 Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry NAS of Ukraine, 48, Kharkiv Highway, 02160 Kyiv, Ukraine

Е-mail ealysenkov@ukr.net
Issue Volume 9, Year 2017, Number 5
Dates Received 30 May 2017; revised manuscript received 01 September 2017; published online 16 October 2017
Citation E.A. Lysenkov, V.V. Klepko, I.P. Lysenkova, J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 9, No 5, 05021 (2017)
DOI 10.21272/jnep.9(5).05021
PACS Number(s) 73.63.Fg, 74.50.+ r
Keywords Percolation behavior, Impedance spectroscopy research, Carbon nanotubes (14) , Microstructure (21) , Equivalent circuit.
Annotation The research of the microstructure features, percolation behavior and impedance of systems based on polypropylene glycol and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) is conducted using the methods of optical microscopy and impedance spectroscopy. It is set that in the investigated systems the typical percolation transition is observed at some threshold MWCNTs concentration (0.45 %). The fractal behavior of those systems was revealed. Using the method of impedance spectroscopy the corresponding percolation threshold of 0.45 % was found. The critical index of conductivity t  1.3 was determined in the framework of McLachlan equation. The processes of charge transfer in the systems concerned were found to be described well by the proposed equivalent circuit.

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