Expanded
graphites (EGs) or modified EGs (eEGs) were blended with
multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in a big weight ratio to prepare
low-cost composites, coded as (EG-MWCNT)/cyanate ester (CE) or (eEG-MWCNT)/CE.
The structures and properties of the composites are closely related
to the loading of total conductors (f). When f < 0.75 wt %, EGs are beneficial for preparing high-k composites with low dielectric loss; however, when f ≥ 1.05 wt %, eEGs have superior advantages. When f = 1.5 wt %, the dielectric constant and loss of (eEG-MWCNT)1.5/CE
composite are about 1.6 and 0.6 times that of the (EG-MWCNT)1.5/CE
composite, respectively. The origin behind these interesting results
was intensively discussed. Attractively, (EG-MWCNT)/CE and (eEG-MWCNT)/CE
composites have similar percolation thresholds, so the surface modification
of EGs does not increase the percolation threshold; moreover, ternary
composites prepared herein have much better dielectric properties
than both traditional EG/CE and MWCNT/CE composites.