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Ac transport studies in polymers by a resistor network and transfer matrix approaches: application to polyaniline

Statistical Mechanics 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

A statistical model of resistor network is proposed to describe a polymer structure and to simulate the real and imaginary components of its ac resistivity. It takes into account the polydispersiveness of the material as well as intrachain and interchain charge transport processes. By the application of a transfer matrix technique, it reproduces ac resistivity measurements carried out with polyaniline films in different doping degrees and at different temperatures. Our results indicate that interchain processes govern the resistivity behavior in the low frequency region while, for higher frequencies, intrachain mechanisms are dominant.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9811335,
  title  = {Ac transport studies in polymers by a resistor network and transfer matrix approaches: application to polyaniline},
  author = {H. N. Nagashima and R. N. Onody and R. M. Faria},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9811335},
  year   = {2009}
}

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LaTeX file, 15 pages, 5 ps figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B