TY - JOUR A1 - Mierczynska, A. A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Maneck, Heinz-Eberhard A1 - Boiteux, G. A1 - Jeszka, J.K. T1 - Segregated network polymer/carbon nanotubes composites N2 - In this work we present the preparation of conductive polyethylene/carbon nanotube composites based on the segregated network concept. Attention has been focused on the effect of decreasing the amount of filler necessary to achieve low resistivity. Using high- and low-grade single-walled carbon nanotube materials we obtained conductive composites with a low percolation threshold of 0.5 wt.% for high-grade nanotubes, about 1 wt% for commercial nanotubes and 1.5 wt% for low-grade material. The higher percolation threshold for low-grade material is related to low effectiveness of other carbon fractions in the network formation. The electrical conductivity was measured as a function of the single-walled carbon nanotubes content in the polymer matrix and as a function of temperature. It was also found that processing parameters significantly influenced the electrical conductivity of the composites. Raman spectroscopy was applied to study single wall nanotubes in the conductive composites. KW - Polymer KW - Single-walled carbon nanotubes KW - Composite KW - Segregated network KW - Sintering KW - Conductivity KW - Raman spectroscopy PY - 2004 DO - https://doi.org/10.2478/BF02475579 SN - 1644-3624 SN - 1895-1066 VL - 2 IS - 2 SP - 363 EP - 370 PB - Central European Science Journals CY - Warsaw AN - OPUS4-3583 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -