Temperature dependence of non-linear electrical conduction behavior in a screen-printed multi-component nanocomposite

Webb, A.J.; Bloor, D.; Szablewski, M.; Atkinson, D.

doi:10.1109/nano.2013.6720833

Temperature dependence of non-linear electrical conduction behavior in a screen-printed multi-component nanocomposite

Webb, A.J.; Bloor, D.; Szablewski, M.; Atkinson, D.

Authors

A.J. Webb

D. Bloor

Professor Marek Szablewski marek.szablewski@durham.ac.uk
Professor

D. Atkinson

Abstract

Nanocomposite materials are of growing applications importance in many areas, particularly touch sensitive surfaces. Here, current-voltage measurements were performed over a range of temperatures and static compressive loadings on a new variant of a multi-component, screen-printed nanocomposite ink, in order to understand the physical nature of the electrical transport behavior. A physical model, combining a linear percolative electrical conductance and a highly non-linear conductance, that is ascribed to field assisted quantum tunneling, was successful in describing the temperature dependence of the I-V. This provides a theoretical underpinning for conduction in these functional nanocomposites.

Citation

Webb, A., Bloor, D., Szablewski, M., & Atkinson, D. (2013). Temperature dependence of non-linear electrical conduction behavior in a screen-printed multi-component nanocomposite. In Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2013 13th IEEE conference on (1115-1118). https://doi.org/10.1109/nano.2013.6720833

Conference Name	2013 13th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO 2013)
Conference Location	Beijing, 5-8 Aug. 2013
Acceptance Date	Jul 27, 2014
Publication Date	Aug 8, 2013
Deposit Date	Nov 13, 2014
Publicly Available Date	Nov 24, 2014
Pages	1115-1118
Series Title	Proceedings of IEEE conference on nanotechnology
Series ISSN	1944-9399,1944-9380
Book Title	Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2013 13th IEEE conference on.
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1109/nano.2013.6720833
Keywords	Compressive strength, Compressive testing, Electrical conductivity, Ink, Nanocomposites, Tunnelling.
Additional Information	5-8 August 2013

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