Simulations and generalized model of the effect of filler size dispersity on electrical percolation in rod networks

We present a three-dimensional simulation of electrical conductivity in isotropic, polydisperse rod networks from which we determine the percolation threshold (ϕ[subscript c]). Existing analytical models that account for size dispersity are formulated in the slender-rod limit and are less accurate f...

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Main Authors: Mutiso, Rose M. (Author), Sherrott, Michelle C. (Author), Li, Ju (Contributor), Winey, Karen I. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2015-03-05T16:37:31Z.
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520 |a We present a three-dimensional simulation of electrical conductivity in isotropic, polydisperse rod networks from which we determine the percolation threshold (ϕ[subscript c]). Existing analytical models that account for size dispersity are formulated in the slender-rod limit and are less accurate for predicting ϕ[subscript c] in composites with rods of modest L/D. Using empirical approximations from our simulation data, we generalized the excluded volume percolation model to account for both finite L/D and size dispersity, providing a solution for ϕ[subscript c] of polydisperse rod networks that is quantitatively accurate across the entire L/D range. 
520 |a National Science Foundation (U.S.). Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (Program) (Award DMR-11-20901) 
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