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On the dielectric response of silica-based polyethylene nanocomposites

On the dielectric response of silica-based polyethylene nanocomposites
On the dielectric response of silica-based polyethylene nanocomposites
The dielectric response of silica-based polyethylene nanocomposites is studied by dielectric spectroscopy. The results indicate that nanocomposites absorb significantly more water than unfilled polyethylene, with the consequence that both permittivity and loss tangent increase with increasing duration of water immersion. However, appropriate surface treatment of nanosilica is found to reduce the water absorption effect and to modify the dielectric response of the nanocomposites compared with those containing untreated nanosilica. While water absorption may not be a technologically desirable characteristic, our results indicate that water molecules can act as effective dielectric probes of interfacial factors.
0022-3727
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Lau, K.Y., Vaughan, A.S., Chen, G., Hosier, I.L and Holt, A.F. (2013) On the dielectric response of silica-based polyethylene nanocomposites. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 46 (9), 095303/1-095303/9. (doi:10.1088/0022-3727/46/9/095303).

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The dielectric response of silica-based polyethylene nanocomposites is studied by dielectric spectroscopy. The results indicate that nanocomposites absorb significantly more water than unfilled polyethylene, with the consequence that both permittivity and loss tangent increase with increasing duration of water immersion. However, appropriate surface treatment of nanosilica is found to reduce the water absorption effect and to modify the dielectric response of the nanocomposites compared with those containing untreated nanosilica. While water absorption may not be a technologically desirable characteristic, our results indicate that water molecules can act as effective dielectric probes of interfacial factors.

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Published date: 5 February 2013
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Local EPrints ID: 352817
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/352817
ISSN: 0022-3727
PURE UUID: 0ad7fd70-ded6-4d16-a33d-909d2abf6a5a
ORCID for A.S. Vaughan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0535-513X
ORCID for I.L Hosier: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4365-9385

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:18

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Author: K.Y. Lau
Author: A.S. Vaughan ORCID iD
Author: G. Chen
Author: I.L Hosier ORCID iD
Author: A.F. Holt

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