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Electrical percolation threshold of magnetostrictive inclusions in a piezoelectric matrix composite as a function of relative particle size

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Magnetoelectric composites can be produced by embedding magnetostrictive particles in a piezoelectric matrix derived from a piezoelectric powder precursor. Ferrite magnetostrictive particles, if allowed to percolate, can short the potential difference generated in the piezoelectric phase. Modeling a magnetoelectric composite as an aggregate of bi-disperse hard shells, molecular dynamics was used to explore relationships among relative particle size, particle affinity, and electrical percolation with the goal of maximizing the percolation threshold. It is found that two factors raise the percolation threshold, namely the relative size of magnetostrictive to piezoelectric particles, and the affinity between the magnetostrictive and piezoelectric particles.

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The authors wish to acknowledge use of the West Virginia Super Computing System (Spruce Knob), funded by the National Science Foundation EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Cooperative Agreement No. 1003907, without access to which the study would not have been possible.

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Barbero, E.J., Bedard, A.J. Electrical percolation threshold of magnetostrictive inclusions in a piezoelectric matrix composite as a function of relative particle size. Comp. Part. Mech. 5, 227–238 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40571-017-0165-4

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