Simultaneous Visualization of Microscopic Conductivity and Deformation in Conductive Elastomers.

ABSTRACT: Conductive elastomers are promising for a wide range of applications in many fields due to their unique mechanical and electrical properties, and an understanding of the conductive mechanisms of such materials under deformation is crucial. However, revealing the microscopic conduction mechanism of conductive elastomers is a challenge. In this study, we developed a method that combines in situ deformation nanomechanical atomic force microscopy (AFM) and conductive AFM to successfully and simultaneously characterize the microscopic deformation and microscopic electrical conductivity of nanofiller composite conductive elastomers. With this approach, we visualized the conductive network structure of carbon black and carbon nanotube composite conductive elastomers at the nanoscale, tracked thei

SUBMITTER: Liang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10832062 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature