Tunneling and nonuniversal conductivity in composite materials

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Abstract

A simple model based on interparticle tunneling conduction and a percolative network is shown to imply a diverging distribution of high resistors in the system. This distribution is expected to yield a nonuniversal behavior of the electrical conductivity. An experimental study of carbon blackpolymer composites seems to confirm this expectation, as well as explaining why a nonuniversal behavior has not been observed in previous experimental studies on such composites.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1305-1308
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume59
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987

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