Thermally stimulated depolarization current characteristic of EVA–conductive PPy composites

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. S. Thabet ◽  
A. M. AbdElbary ◽  
G. M. Nasr

Thermally stimulated depolarization current in pure poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) and poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) composites with different amounts of polypyrrole/carbon nanoparticles (of various weight ratios, 100:0, 95:5, 90:10, 85:15, 80:20, and 70:30) have been investigated at poling temperature 363 K using different polarizing voltage. Thermograms of pure and composite samples have two or three peaks over all temperature ranges depending on the polarizing voltage. The decrease in peak height with increased polarized voltage is observed in pure poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) samples loaded with 5%, 10%, 15%, and 30% polypyrrole due to the detrapping of the large amounts of charge results in electrode blocking and decrease in thermally stimulated depolarization current in those samples. The molecular parameters, such as activation energy E, charge released Q, and relaxation times τ0 and τ m for thermally stimulated depolarization current peaks have been estimated.

2011 ◽  
Vol 493-494 ◽  
pp. 170-174
Author(s):  
Rumi Hiratai ◽  
Miho Nakamura ◽  
Akiko Nagai ◽  
Kimihiro Yamashita

We have shown that hydroxyapatite (HA), which characteristics were similar to those of bone’s inorganic components, had polarization capability and was possible to accumulate electricity under high temperature and pressure. Then, we presumed that bones had polarization capability which enabled electrical storage and conducted the experiment to measure the polarization capability of bones using rabbit’s femurs. After preparing and polarizing bone samples using KOH treatment (koh), KOH and baking treatment (koh+bake) and decalcification treatment (decalcification) as well as the bone without any treatment (untreat), quantitative amounts of stored charge in samples were determined by thermally stimulated depolarization current (TSDC) measurement of these samples. Under the condition of 400 °C for 1 h with the electric fields of 5kV/cm, samples of koh, koh+bake, and untreat showed polarization capability. In addition, under the polarization condition of 37 °C for 1 hour with the electric fields of 5kV/cm, all samples showed polarization capability. Those findings can be summarized that bones have the polarization capability which enables electrical storage and polarization of bones is possible even under the low temperature condition, which was at 37 °C in our experiment, where polarization is impossible for HA.


2006 ◽  
Vol 309-311 ◽  
pp. 333-336
Author(s):  
Emiko Amaoka ◽  
Erik Vedel ◽  
Satoshi Nakamura ◽  
Yusuke Moriyoshi ◽  
Jukka I. Salonen ◽  
...  

We investigated the electrical polarizability of MgO and B2O3 containing bioactive glass (MBG). The MBG material with good manufacturing properties but low bioactivity was electrically polarized at a high dc field. The electrical polarizability of MBG was evaluated by thermally stimulated depolarization current (TSDC) measurements and immersion in simulated body fluid (SBF). The early precipitation of calcium phosphate on the negatively charged surface of the treated MBG demonstrated the increased bioactivity of the material and confirmed its polarizability. It is suggested that the electrical interactions between the polarized MBG and ions in SBF promoted the formation of the calcium phosphate precipitation. Accordingly, the increased bioactivity of the MBG in SBF is suggested to demonstrate the conversion of MBG into electrovector ceramics by the polarization treatment.


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