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The polymer itself may be a standard polymer (e.g. PMMA, PC, epoxy resin or a copolymer) or a polymer with special physical properties (e.g. a conjugated polymer). Usually the zero-dimensional nanocomposites are of interest for classical optical applications. One-dimensional nanocomposites with tubes, fibres or rods.Electrical and Optical Properties As polymer materials have developed, their excellent and sometimes outstanding dielectric properties have guaranteed their widespread use as insulants in electrical and electronic engineering. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries electrical apparatus relied on wood, cotton sleeving, natural waxes and.Synthesis and Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites with Tunable Electromagnetic Response by Kristen L. Stojak A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Department of Physics College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida Co-Major Professor: Hariharan Srikanth, Ph.D.
Polymer nanocomposites are constructed by dispersing a filler material into nanoparticles that form flat platelets. These platelets are then distributed into a polymer matrix creating multiple parallel layers which force gases to flow through the polymer in a “torturous path”, forming complex barriers to gases and water vapor, as seen in Figure 1 (Demetrakakes, 2002). As more tortuosity is.Piezoresistance in Polymer Nanocomposites Reza Rizvi Doctor of Philosophy Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Toronto 2014 Abstract Piezoresistivity in conductive polymer nanocomposites occurs because of the disturbance of particle networks in the polymer matrix. The piezoresistance effect becomes more prominent if the matrix material is compliant making these materials.
With its focus on the characterization of nanocomposites using such techniques as x-ray diffraction and spectrometry, light and electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, as well as nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectroscopy, this book helps to correctly interpret the recorded data.
