My latest manuscript, "How Interface Compatibility Affects Conductivity Evolution of Silver Nanobelts-filled Electrically Conductive Composites During Cure and Post-Treatments", has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics!

This paper explores how the cure procedure, and the resulting polymer dynamics throughout curing, interact with the micro- and nano- scale conductive fillers to produce the final electrical properties. The findings unveil a number of behaviors not widely reported in the literature, including major deviations in the establishing conductivity, and post-cure conductivity breakdowns that are dependent on the filler content.

Our investigations found that the difference in surface interactions between the particle types and the polymer matrix are one of the main driving forces of these negative effects, but also provide an opportunity to overcome these disruptive mechanisms.

I will post a link to the manuscript once it is available online.