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Alternating-current (ac) conductivity and dielectric relaxation behaviour of a poly(vinyl chloride)/poly(ethyl methacrylate) polymer blend have been investigated intensively in a frequency range from \(1 \times 10^{-1}\) to \(2 \times 10^{7}\) Hz through a temperature range from 300 to 393 K. The variation of \(\sigma _{\mathrm{ac}}\) of pure and polyblend samples showed a plateau region at high temperature and low frequency and this plateau region is decreased with decreasing temperature. Values of the exponent n are less than unity indicative of the correlated barrier hopping for conduction. The values of the exponent n are used to calculate the binding energy (\(W_{\mathrm{m}})\) of the charge carriers. The investigation of the frequency dependence of \(\varepsilon ^{\prime }\) for pure and polyblend samples showed a dielectric dispersion. The high values of dielectric constant at a low frequency and high temperature are attributed to the effects of space charge due to the electrode polarization. The complex electric modulus (M*) of pure and polyblend samples has been investigated. It is found that the real part of the complex electric modulus, \(M^{\prime }\) is increased non-linearly as the frequency increased and reached the steady state at higher frequencies for all samples. On the other hand, the imaginary part of the complex electric modulus, \(M^{\prime \prime }\) is characterized by a relaxation peak. The different modes of relaxation, such as interfacial polarization and dipolar relaxation, are detected in low and high frequency regions in the variation plot of \(M^{\prime \prime }\) against frequency. The activation energy values of both interfacial polarization and \(\upalpha \)-relaxation are calculated.
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Fahmy, T., Elzanaty, H. AC conductivity and broadband dielectric spectroscopy of a poly(vinyl chloride)/poly(ethyl methacrylate) polymer blend. Bull Mater Sci 42, 220 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-019-1906-1
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