In the present work, we have investigated the concentration dependences of electrical conductivity of monopolymer composites with graphite nanoplatelets or multiwall carbon nanotubes and hybrid composites with both multiwall carbon nanotubes and graphite nanoplatelets. The latter filler was added to given systems in content of 0.24 vol%. The content of multiwall carbon nanotubes is varied from 0.03 to 4 vol%. Before incorporation into the epoxy resin, the graphite nanoplatelets were subjected to ultraviolet ozone treatment for 20 min. It was found that the addition of nanocarbon to the low-viscosity suspension (polymer, acetone, hardener) results in formation of two percolation transitions. The percolation transition of the composites based on carbon nanotubes is the lowest (0.13 vol%).It was determined that the combination of two electroconductive fillers in the low-viscosity polymer results in a synergistic effect above the percolation threshold, which is revealed in increase of the conductivity up to 20 times. The calculation of the number of conductive chains in the composite and contact electric resistance in the framework of the model of effective electrical resistivity allowed us to explain the nature of synergistic effect. Reduction of the electric contact resistance in hybrid composites may be related to a thinner polymer layer between the filler particles and the growing number of the particles which take part in the electroconductive circuit.

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In this paper, the mechanisms of laser ultrasound response formation in monocrystalline silicon are discussed. The ultrasound waves in the test specimen were generated with laser pulses of two different wavelengths and registered with a piezoelectric transducer. The amplitude of the measured signal was found to be a nonlinear function of the laser radiation intensity. It was shown, that the observed nonlinearity is related to the features of optical absorption and thermoelastic sources formation in the material. A simple model taking into account temperature dependencies of the thermal conductivity and thermal expansion coefficient was developed. An excellent agreement between experimental and simulation for different wavelengths was demonstrated.

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