Dynamic electro‐mechanical analysis of highly conductive particle‐elastomer composites

Probing local electromechanical effects in highly conductive electrolytes.

The functionality of a variety of materials and devices is strongly coupled with electromechanical effects which can be used to characterize their functionality. Of high interest is the investigation of these electromechanical effects on the nanoscale which can be achieved by using scanning probe microscopy. Here, an electrical bias is applied locally to the scanning probe tip, and the mechanic...

Bioinspired highly electrically conductive graphene–epoxy layered composites

Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfa Education, School of Chemistry and Enviro China. E-mail: [email protected]; Fax: +8 Science and Technology on Advanced Com Aeronautical Materials, AVIC Composites T China Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Me School of Biological Science and Medical E P. R. China † Electronic supplementary information comments relevant to but not central to experime...

Electrically Conductive Latex-Based Composites

Electrically conductive polymer composites filled with carbon black can exhibit the mechanical behavior of a polymer and metallic electrical conductivity. Unfortunately, excessive amounts of carbon black can produce brittle films and too little carbon black can result in low conductivity. Composite conductivity can be dramatically improved by using latex as the matrix starting material. Latex p...

Electromechanical response of ionic polymer-metal composites

An ionic polymer-metal composite ~IPMC! consisting of a thin Nafion sheet, platinum plated on both faces, undergoes large bending motion when an electric field is applied across its thickness. Conversely, a voltage is produced across its faces when it is suddenly bent. A micromechanical model is developed which accounts for the coupled ion transport, electric field, and elastic deformation to p...

Effect of Filler Size and Its Bimodal Distribution for Highly Thermal-conductive Epoxy Composites