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Resistivity control in the semiconductive region for carbon-black-filled polymer composites

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It is known that the electrical volume resistivity of insulating polymers filled with conductive fillers, such as metal particles and/or carbon black (CB) particles, suddenly decreases at a certain content of the filler. Therefore, it is very difficult to control the resistivity in the semiconductive region for the CB-filled composites. We examined two effects to control the electrical volume resistivity in the semiconductive region for CB-filled polymer composites. One is the effect of fluorination of the CB surface on the percolation behavior using surface-fluorinated CB particles as a filler. The other is the effect of copolymerization of polyethylene (PE) with a vinyl acetate (VA) functional group on the percolation behavior using poly(ethylene-co-VA) (EVA) as a matrix. By immersion heat measurements, it was found that the London dispersive component turned out to be the predominant factor of the surface energy of fluorinated CBs. The London dispersive component of the surface energy significantly decreased, while the polar component slightly increased on increasing the fluorine content. The resistivity of fluorinated a CB-filled low-density PE composite showed that the percolation threshold increased, and the transition from the insulating state to the conductive state became sluggish, on increasing the fluorine content. In the case of using EVA as a matrix, on the other hand, the percolation curve was moderated with the increase in the VA content. Therefore, copolymerization of PE with VA is also suitable for the design of a semiconductive polymer composite as well as for fluorination of the CB surface. The total surface area per unit mass of dispersed CB particles in the EVA matrix estimated from small-angle X-ray scattering decreased with increasing CB content. Further, the decrease in the surface area is moderated with an increase in VA content. It was found that the difference in the percolation curve is due to the difference in the dispersive state of CB particles.

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    Arinobu Katada, Yose Fachmi Buys, Yoichi Tominaga, Shigeo Asai & Masao Sumita

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Katada, A., Buys, Y.F., Tominaga, Y. et al. Resistivity control in the semiconductive region for carbon-black-filled polymer composites. Colloid Polym Sci 283, 367–374 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-004-1149-5

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