Micromechanics Modeling of Bi-Axial Stretching Effects on the Electrical Conductivity of CNT-Polymer Composites

Feng, Chun-Bo; Jiang, Liying

doi:10.1142/s1758825115400050

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“…Recently, developing polymer composites with enhanced electrical conductivity and dielectric constant (relative permittivity) has stimulated a surge in academic and industrial communities, due to their great potential in applications such as high-storage capacitors, electromagnetic shielding, and artificial muscles in electrostriction systems [ 36 , 37 ]. The use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and/or GNPs as the conductive fillers in polymer composites have been extensively studied [ 36 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 ]. An electrical conductivity of 2.11 S/m was achieved by Zhang et al [ 55 ] with an addition of only 3.0 vol % of graphene into polyethylene terephthalate (PET).…”

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Effects of Graphene Nanoplatelet Size and Surface Area on the AC Electrical Conductivity and Dielectric Constant of Epoxy Nanocomposites

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Epoxy nanocomposites reinforced with various grades of multilayer graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) are manufactured and tested. The effects of size, surface area, and concentration of GNP, as well as alternating current (AC) frequency on the electrical and dielectric properties of epoxy nanocomposites are experimentally investigated. GNPs with larger size and surface area are always beneficial to increase the electrical conductivity of the composites. However, their effects on the dielectric constant are highly dependent on GNP concentration and AC frequency. At lower GNP concentration, the dielectric constant increases proportionally with the increase in GNP size, while decreasing as the AC frequency increases. At higher GNP concentration in epoxy, the dielectric constant first increases with the increase of the GNP size, but decreases thereafter. This trend is also observed for varying the processed GNP surface area on the dielectric constant. Moreover, the variations of the electrical conductivity and dielectric constant with the GNP concentration and AC frequency are then correlated with the measured interfiller spacing and GNP diameter.

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Effects of Graphene Nanoplatelet Size and Surface Area on the AC Electrical Conductivity and Dielectric Constant of Epoxy Nanocomposites

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“…Tallman and Wang [40] extended the analytical framework developed by Takeda et al [35] for the piezoresistivity modeling of CNT composites subjected to arbitrary three-dimensional strains. The Eshelby-Mori-Tanaka micromechanics model was also used by Feng and Jiang [31,41] and García et al [42] to simulate the piezoresistivity of CNT reinforced polymers and cement-based materials, respectively. In the latter work, analytical and experimental results demonstrated that the largest strain-sensitivity is achieved at the percolation threshold.…”

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Enhanced lumped circuit model for smart nanocomposite cement-based sensors under dynamic compressive loading conditions

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Smart composite nanostructured materials represent one of the fastest-growing areas of interest among scientists in recent years and, in particular, Carbon NanoTube (CNT) cement-based composites are attracting more and more attention. These composites exhibit self-sensing capabilities providing measurable variations of their electrical properties under the application of mechanical deformations. Together with this exceptional property, the similarity and compatibility between these composites and structural concrete suggest the possibility of developing distributed embedded strain-sensing systems with substantial improvements in the cost-effectiveness in applications to large-scale concrete structures. In order to design and optimize CNT reinforced cement based dynamic sensors, it is fundamental to develop theoretical models capable of simulating the relationship between dynamic mechanical strains and the effective electrical conductivity. This paper presents an electromechanical modeling of the Direct Current (DC) electrical resistance of CNT reinforced cement paste sensors based on a piezoelectric/piezoresistive lumped circuit. The model represents an enhanced version and a generalization of another model previously proposed by the authors. Previously published experimental results have been used as validation benchmark. In particular, experimental tests concerning the characterization of the step response under unloaded conditions, steady state response under harmonic loadings and sweep analyses are considered. The results demonstrate that the newly proposed model is superior in comparison to the previous one in reproducing the dynamic response of the sensors when subjected to harmonic mechanical loads. Overall, an excellent agreement between theoretical predictions and experimental results is achieved.

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“…The resultant strain ε 1 in X 1 direction due to the bi-axial stretching can be determined by Equation (8),

where ν is the Poisson’s ratio of the unit cell. Integrating this expression over the elongations in the three directions, i.e., Δl , Δω and Δh , the strain ε 1 can be derived as [ 57 ]

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Effects of Reorientation of Graphene Platelets (GPLs) on Young’s Modulus of Polymer Composites under Bi-Axial Stretching

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Effects of bi-axial stretching induced reorientation of graphene platelets (GPLs) on the Young’s modulus of GPL/polymer composites is studied by Mori-Tanaka micromechanics model. The dispersion state of the GPLs in polymer matrix is captured by an orientation distribution function (ODF), in which two Euler angles are used to identify the orientation of the GPLs. Compared to uni-axial stretching, the increase of the stretching strain in the second direction enhances the re-alignment of GPL fillers in this direction while it deteriorates the re-alignment of the fillers in the other two directions. Comprehensive parametric study on the effects of the out-of-plane Young’s modulus, stretching strain, strain ratio, Poisson’s ratio and weight fraction and GPL dimension on the effective Young’s moduli of the composites in the three directions are conducted. It is found that the out-of-plane Young’s modulus has limited effects on the overall Young’s modulus of the composites. The second stretching enhances the Young’s modulus in this direction while it decreases the Young’s modulus in the other two directions. The results demonstrate the increase of Poisson’s ratio is favorable in increasing the Young’s modulus of the composites. GPLs with larger diameter-to-thickness ratio have better reinforcing effect on the Young’s modulus of GPL/polymer nanocomposites.

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Micromechanics Modeling of Bi-Axial Stretching Effects on the Electrical Conductivity of CNT-Polymer Composites

Cited by 27 publications

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Effects of Graphene Nanoplatelet Size and Surface Area on the AC Electrical Conductivity and Dielectric Constant of Epoxy Nanocomposites

Effects of Graphene Nanoplatelet Size and Surface Area on the AC Electrical Conductivity and Dielectric Constant of Epoxy Nanocomposites

Enhanced lumped circuit model for smart nanocomposite cement-based sensors under dynamic compressive loading conditions

Effects of Reorientation of Graphene Platelets (GPLs) on Young’s Modulus of Polymer Composites under Bi-Axial Stretching

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