Selective location and double percolation of short carbon fiber filled polymer blends: High-density polyethylene/isotactic polypropylene

C. Zhang; X. S. Yi; H. Yui; S. Asai; M. Sumita

doi:10.1016/S0167-577X(98)00023-8

Selective location and double percolation of short carbon fiber filled polymer blends: High-density polyethylene/isotactic polypropylene

C. Zhang, X. S. Yi, H. Yui, S. Asai, M. Sumita

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Abstract

The percolation threshold of high-density polyethylene (HDPE)/isotactic polypropylene (iPP) blends filled with vapor-grown carbon fiber (VGCF), 1.25 parts per hundred parts resin (phr) VGCF content, is much lower than those of the individual polymers. SEM micrographs verified that the improvement of electrical conductivity can be attributed to the selective location of VGCF in the HDPE phase. A double percolation is the basic requirement for the conductivity of the composites, i.e., the percolation of carbon fibers in the HDPE phase, and the continuity of this phase in the polymer blends. Short carbon fibers may affect the morphology of the polymer blends.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	186-190
Number of pages	5
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	36
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-577X(98)00023-8
Publication status	Published - Jul 1998
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Double percolation
Electrical conductivity
Polymer blends
Selective location
Short carbon fiber

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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