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POLYMER COMPOSITES
Volume 33, Issue 11, Pages 1941-1950Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pc.22334
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The direct current (dc) and alternate current (ac) electrical transport property of polyvinyl alcoholsilver (PVAAg) composites has been investigated within a temperature range of 77 = T = 300 K and in the frequency range of 20 Hz to 1 MHz in the presence as well as in the absence of a transverse magnetic field up to 1 T. The dc conductivity follows variable range hopping model. The magnetoconductivity of the samples undergoes a change from negative to positive values with the incorporation of Ag in PVA matrix, which can be interpreted by the dominancy of the forward interference effect prevailing over the wave function shrinkage effect. The ac conductivity follows a power law of frequency, whereas the temperature dependence of frequency exponent s can be explained by correlated barrier hopping model. The dielectric behavior of the samples has been governed by the grain and interfacial grain boundary resistance and capacitance. Two activation behaviors are observed from the analysis of grain and interfacial grain boundary contributions. POLYM. COMPOS., 33:19411950, 2012. (C) 2012 Society of Plastics Engineers
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