[HTML][HTML] Percolation mechanism and effective conductivity of mechanically deformed 3-dimensional composite networks: Computational modeling and experimental …

E Chang, A Ameli, AR Alian, LH Mark, K Yu… - Composites Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, the structural evolution of conductive polymer composites (CPCs) in response to
mechanical deformation (uniaxial and biaxial compressive and tensile strains) is …

[HTML][HTML] Generalized implicit solution of ITZ percolation threshold and its effect on the diffusivity of concrete: Influence of aggregate shape-and size-polydispersities

M Li, H Chen, L Qing, J Lin - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2023 - Elsevier
Concrete is usually assumed to be a three-phase particulate composite composed of
aggregate, cement paste and interfacial transition zone (ITZ) around the aggregate. Due to …

[HTML][HTML] Percolation of rigid fractal carbon black aggregates

F Coupette, L Zhang, B Kuttich, A Chumakov… - The Journal of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We examine network formation and percolation of carbon black by means of Monte Carlo
simulations and experiments. In the simulation, we model carbon black by rigid aggregates …

[HTML][HTML] In silico study of liquid crystalline phases formed by bent-shaped molecules with excluded volume type interactions

P Kubala, W Tomczyk, M Cieśla - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
What impact does the mesogens' shape have on the formation of the liquid crystalline
phase? Using Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations we numerically studied a …

Films of filled single-wall carbon nanotubes as a new material for high-performance air-sustainable transparent conductive electrodes operating in a wide spectral …

AA Tonkikh, VI Tsebro, EA Obraztsova, DV Rybkovskiy… - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper we show the advantages of transparent high conductive films based on filled
single-wall carbon nanotubes. The nanotubes with internal channels filled with acceptor …

Exploring the effect of block copolymer architecture and concentration on the microstructure, electrical conductivity and rheological properties of PP/PS blend …

L Azubuike, U Sundararaj - Functional Composite Materials, 2022 - Springer
The interface between polymer matrices and nanofillers is critical for efficient interaction to
achieve the desired final properties. In this work, block copolymers were utilized to control …

Connectivity, not density, dictates percolation in nematic liquid crystals of slender nanoparticles

SP Finner, T Schilling, P Van Der Schoot - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
We show by means of continuum theory and simulations that geometric percolation in
uniaxial nematics of hard slender particles is fundamentally different from that in isotropic …

Nearest-neighbor connectedness theory: A general approach to continuum percolation

F Coupette, R de Bruijn, P Bult, S Finner, MA Miller… - Physical Review E, 2021 - APS
We introduce a method to estimate continuum percolation thresholds and illustrate its
usefulness by investigating geometric percolation of noninteracting line segments and disks …

Hybrid carbon nanoparticles in polymer matrix for efficient connected networks: Self-assembly and continuous pathways

A Gooneie, R Hufenus - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
Functional polymer composites based on hybrid carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) offer
synergistic properties and have recently received a lot of attention for various applications …

Unusual geometric percolation of hard nanorods in the uniaxial nematic liquid crystalline phase

SP Finner, A Atashpendar, T Schilling… - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
We investigate by means of continuum percolation theory and Monte Carlo simulations how
spontaneous uniaxial symmetry breaking affects geometric percolation in dispersions of …