Resistivity of a composite conducting polymer as a function of temperature, pressure, and environment: Applications as a pressure and gas concentration transducer

• The resistivity of a commercial carbon-filled composite conducting polymer (ET-Semicon[large-closed-square]) has been measured as a function of temperature between 80 and 400 K and under pressure up to 1.5 GPa (15 kbar). Large changes in resistivity were observed. The resistivity was also very sensitive to the presence of certain solvents and hydrocarbons. The results are explained as percolation effects caused by changes in volume due to pressure, thermal expansion, or dissolved solvents. The material studied is found to have a wide range of potential applications for pressure measurements and as a transducer for gas or liquid concentration.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

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Polymer composite

percolation

sensor

transducer

high pressure

resistance

pressure sensor

gas sensor

Condensed matter physics

Kondenserade materiens fysik

fysik

Physics

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