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Tomographic-like reconstruction of the percolation cluster as a phase transition

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We observed a phase transition-like behavior that is marked by the onset of the realization of the connectivity between two sites on a two-dimensional cross-section of a three-dimensional percolation cluster. This was found using contact-resistance atomic force microscopy on carbon black/polymer composites. The features in the current images, when presented as a function of the cut-off current, or as a function of the total area covered by the electrically connected objects, appear to obey a cluster statistics that is similar to the one predicted and observed in continuum percolation systems.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0207709,
  title  = {Tomographic-like reconstruction of the percolation cluster as a phase transition},
  author = {Nira Shimoni and Doron Azulai and Isaac Balberg and Oded Millo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0207709},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 revtex pages, 3 figures