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Explosive percolation yields highly-conductive polymer nanocomposites

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  • Manuela Meloni

    (University of Sussex)

  • Matthew J. Large

    (University of Sussex)

  • José Miguel González Domínguez

    (Instituto de Carboquímica (ICB-CSIC))

  • Sandra Victor-Román

    (Instituto de Carboquímica (ICB-CSIC))

  • Giuseppe Fratta

    (University of Sussex)

  • Emin Istif

    (Instituto de Carboquímica (ICB-CSIC))

  • Oliver Tomes

    (University of Sussex)

  • Jonathan P. Salvage

    (University of Brighton)

  • Christopher P. Ewels

    (Institut des Materiaux Nantes Jean Rouxel)

  • Mario Pelaez-Fernandez

    (Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragon (INA), U. Zaragoza)

  • Raul Arenal

    (Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragon (INA), U. Zaragoza
    Instituto de Ciencias de Materiales de Aragon, CSIC-U. de Zaragoza
    ARAID Foundation)

  • Ana Benito

    (Instituto de Carboquímica (ICB-CSIC))

  • Wolfgang K. Maser

    (Instituto de Carboquímica (ICB-CSIC))

  • Alice A. K. King

    (University of Sussex)

  • Pulickel M. Ajayan

    (Rice University)

  • Sean P. Ogilvie

    (University of Sussex)

  • Alan B. Dalton

    (University of Sussex)

Abstract

Explosive percolation is an experimentally-elusive phenomenon where network connectivity coincides with onset of an additional modification of the system; materials with correlated localisation of percolating particles and emergent conductive paths can realise sharp transitions and high conductivities characteristic of the explosively-grown network. Nanocomposites present a structurally- and chemically-varied playground to realise explosive percolation in practically-applicable systems but this is yet to be exploited by design. Herein, we demonstrate composites of graphene oxide and synthetic polymer latex which form segregated networks, leading to low percolation threshold and localisation of conductive pathways. In situ reduction of the graphene oxide at temperatures of

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  • Manuela Meloni & Matthew J. Large & José Miguel González Domínguez & Sandra Victor-Román & Giuseppe Fratta & Emin Istif & Oliver Tomes & Jonathan P. Salvage & Christopher P. Ewels & Mario Pelaez-Ferna, 2022. "Explosive percolation yields highly-conductive polymer nanocomposites," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-34631-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34631-9
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