Spiky nanostructured metal particles as filler of polymeric composites showing tunable electrical conductivity
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Abstract
Abstract This work presents a comprehensive investigation of the piezoresistive response of a composite material based on conductive nickel filler in a silicone‐insulating matrix. In the absence of a deformation, the prepared composite shows no electric conductivity, even though the metal particle content is well above the expected percolation threshold. Upon samples deformation (compressive or tensile stress), the composite exploits a variation of electrical resistance up to nine orders of magnitude. This huge variation can be explained with the quantum tunnelling mechanism where the probability of an electron to tunnel from a particle to the next one is exponentially proportional to the thickness of the insulating layer between them and strongly enhanced by the morphology of the nickel particles, showing spiky nanostructured tips. Two different conduction theoretical models are proposed and compared with the experimental results. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys, 2012
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