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ArticlePolymers2023

Percolation Effect on the Complex Permittivities of Polymer Blends.

Hsien-Wen Chao, Yun-Yu Lai, Tsun-Hsu Chang

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Article in Polymers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Hsien-Wen ChaoDepartment of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section 2, Kuang Fu Road, Hsinchu 300044, Taiwan.
Yun-Yu LaiDepartment of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-9028-3209
Tsun-Hsu ChangDepartment of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section 2, Kuang Fu Road, Hsinchu 300044, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-2501-3185

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan 110-2112-M-007-013-MY3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study focuses on the measurement and analysis of the complex permittivities of polymer blends using the field enhancement method (FEM). The blends, consisting of air-powder or solvent-solute mixtures, are placed in a Teflon holder and inserted into the FEM cavity to determine the complex permittivity. The resonant frequency and quality factor of the FEM cavity coupled with the samples provide information on the blends' dielectric constant and loss tangents. To extract the complex permittivities of three specific samples of DC-840, MCL-805, and MCL-Siloxane, we employ effective medium theories and the high-frequency structure simulator (HFSS) together with the measured data. The results reveal that when the volume fraction of the DC-840 solute in the xylene solvent surpasses a specific threshold, the dielectric constants and the loss tangents experience a notable increase. This phenomenon, known as percolation, strongly correlates with the viscosity of polymer blends. The observed percolation effect on the dielectric behavior is further elucidated using the generalized dielectric constant and the Debye model. By employing these models, the percolation effect and its impact on the dielectric properties of the blends can be explained.

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complex permittivitycontour mapping methodenhanced field methodpercolation effectpolymer blends

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PMID37765606
PMCPMC10536985

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