Dielectric properties of composite materials containing aligned carbon nanotubes

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This paper presents a study of the electrodynamic properties of polymer-matrix composite materials containing a filler in the form of multiwalled carbon nanotubes. We have examined the effect of filler alignment in the composites on their interaction with electromagnetic radiation. The composite materials have an anisotropic electrical conductivity, dielectric permittivity, and electromagnetic radiation attenuation coefficient because an applied electric field produces a preferential filler alignment direction.

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  1. Shevchenko National University, Volodymyrs’ka vul. 64/13, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine

    O. S. Yakovenko, L. Yu. Matzui, L. L. Vovchenko, V. V. Oliynyk & V. L. Launetz

  2. Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (National University of Science and Technology), Leninskii pr. 4, Moscow, 119049, Russia

    A. V. Trukhanov

  3. Scientific–Practical Materials Research Centre State Research and Production Association, Belarussian Academy of Sciences, ul. Brovki 19, Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    A. V. Trukhanov

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Original Russian Text © O.S. Yakovenko, L.Yu. Matzui, L.L. Vovchenko, V.V. Oliynyk, V.L. Launetz, A.V. Trukhanov, 2016, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2016, Vol. 52, No. 11, pp. 1271–1276.

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Yakovenko, O.S., Matzui, L.Y., Vovchenko, L.L. et al. Dielectric properties of composite materials containing aligned carbon nanotubes. Inorg Mater 52, 1198–1203 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168516110182

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Keywords

  • carbon nanotubes
  • composite materials
  • dielectric permittivity
  • electromagnetic shielding
  • anisotropy