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Finite Element Modelling of a Cellular Electric Microenvironment
Published on: May 18, 2021
A percolation-based model for the conductivity of nanofiber composites
1Department of Chemistry, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, One Forestry Drive, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA.
Abstract:
A model is presented that integrates the critical path approximation with percolation theory to describe the dependence of electrical conductivity upon volume fraction in nanofiber-based composites. The theory accounts for clustering and correlation effects that reflect non-randomness in the spatial distribution of the particles. Results from this formalism are compared to experimental measurements performed upon carbon nanotube-based conductive nanocomposites.
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