Anomalous electrical transport properties of polyvinyl alcohol-multiwall carbon nanotubes composites below room temperature
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Chakraborty, G, Gupta, K, Meikap, AK, Babu, R, Blau, WJ, Anomalous electrical transport properties of polyvinyl alcohol-multiwall carbon nanotubes composites below room temperature, Journal of Applied Physics, 109, 3, 2011, 033707Download Item:
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Anomalous electrical transport properties of polyvinyl alcohol-multiwall
carbon nanotubes composites below room temperature
G. Chakraborty,
1
K. Gupta,
1
A. K. Meikap,
1,
a
R. Babu,
2
and W. J. Blau
2
1
Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Durgapur,
713209 West Bengal, India
2
Department of Physics, University of Dublin Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
Received 29 September 2010; accepted 9 December 2010; published online 3 February 2011
The dc and ac electrical transport property of polyvinyl alcohol-multiwall carbon nanotubes
composites has been investigated within a temperature range 77
T
300 K and in the frequency
range 20 Hz?1 MHz in presence as well as in absence of a transverse magnetic field up to 1 T. The
dc conductivity follows variable range hopping model. The magnetoconductivity of the samples
changes a sign from positive to negative with an increase in temperature which can be interpreted
by the dominancy of the quantum interference effect over the wave function shrinkage effect. The
ac conductivity follows a power law 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 grain boundary resistance and capacitance. The ac conductivity
reduces with the application of magnetic field. Although the theoretical model to explain it, is still
lacking, we may conclude that this is due to the increase in grain and grain boundary resistance by
the application of magnetic field.
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