The piezoresistive behavior of carbon black (CB) filled poly(methyl vinyl siloxane) (PMVS) vulcanites under uniaxial compression was studied.At filler weight frac- tions φ slightly above the percolation threshold φc...The piezoresistive behavior of carbon black (CB) filled poly(methyl vinyl siloxane) (PMVS) vulcanites under uniaxial compression was studied.At filler weight frac- tions φ slightly above the percolation threshold φc,resistance first increased with pressure and then turned to decrease at a critical compressive stress,exhibiting a positive pressure co- efficient of resistance (PPCR) and a negative pressure coeffi- cient of resistance (NPCR) effects ,respectively.The NPCR effect became much more pronounced at φ>>φc,while com- pressive cycles facilitated the occurrence of the weak PPCR effect during compression.The PPCR-NPCR transition was a process related to true stress.It is believed that the changes of microstructure in the percolating network,i.e. the breakdown and the reformation of infinite conducting clusters,under pressure would be responsible for the uniaxial piezoresis- tance and the plastic deformation of the filled vulcanites.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.50133020)the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars(Grant No.50125312).
文摘The piezoresistive behavior of carbon black (CB) filled poly(methyl vinyl siloxane) (PMVS) vulcanites under uniaxial compression was studied.At filler weight frac- tions φ slightly above the percolation threshold φc,resistance first increased with pressure and then turned to decrease at a critical compressive stress,exhibiting a positive pressure co- efficient of resistance (PPCR) and a negative pressure coeffi- cient of resistance (NPCR) effects ,respectively.The NPCR effect became much more pronounced at φ>>φc,while com- pressive cycles facilitated the occurrence of the weak PPCR effect during compression.The PPCR-NPCR transition was a process related to true stress.It is believed that the changes of microstructure in the percolating network,i.e. the breakdown and the reformation of infinite conducting clusters,under pressure would be responsible for the uniaxial piezoresis- tance and the plastic deformation of the filled vulcanites.
