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Microwave Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy of Nano Filler Loaded Epoxy Composite


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1 Department of Physics, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 380009, Gujarat, India

Present work reports the result of spectroscopic dielectric relaxation study of (Bisphenol A-(epichlorhydrin): epoxy) and hardener (N(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-1,3-propylenediamine: hardener) doped with a range of concentrations of inorganic nano-fillers (SiO2, Al2O3, TiO2 and ZnO) and their mixtures. Measurements of complex permittivity of neat epoxy (epoxy + hardener), nano-epoxy composite (nano filler + neat epoxy) and mixed-nano epoxy composites (mixed nano filler + neat epoxy) are carried out using vector network analyzer along with SPEAG dielectric assessment kit over the frequency range of 200 MHz to 20 GHz at a constant temperature of 300.15 K. Obtained results are analyzed in order to attain the structural information and polarization mechanisms exhibited in these composites. Influence of varying concentrations of inorganic nano-fillers on the dielectric behavior of neat epoxy is explicitly conferred. From the obtained dielectric properties; other microwave energy parameters like power reflected (Pr), power transmitted (Pt) and penetration depth (dp) are also determined at a spot frequency of 2.45 GHz and examined to gain additive information in view of their specific industrial and medical applications.
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S. G. Thakor
Department of Physics, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 380009, Gujarat, India
V. A. Rana
Department of Physics, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 380009, Gujarat, India
H. P. VANKAR
Department of Physics, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 380009, Gujarat, India
T. R. Pandit
Department of Physics, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 380009, Gujarat, India

Abstract


Present work reports the result of spectroscopic dielectric relaxation study of (Bisphenol A-(epichlorhydrin): epoxy) and hardener (N(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-1,3-propylenediamine: hardener) doped with a range of concentrations of inorganic nano-fillers (SiO2, Al2O3, TiO2 and ZnO) and their mixtures. Measurements of complex permittivity of neat epoxy (epoxy + hardener), nano-epoxy composite (nano filler + neat epoxy) and mixed-nano epoxy composites (mixed nano filler + neat epoxy) are carried out using vector network analyzer along with SPEAG dielectric assessment kit over the frequency range of 200 MHz to 20 GHz at a constant temperature of 300.15 K. Obtained results are analyzed in order to attain the structural information and polarization mechanisms exhibited in these composites. Influence of varying concentrations of inorganic nano-fillers on the dielectric behavior of neat epoxy is explicitly conferred. From the obtained dielectric properties; other microwave energy parameters like power reflected (Pr), power transmitted (Pt) and penetration depth (dp) are also determined at a spot frequency of 2.45 GHz and examined to gain additive information in view of their specific industrial and medical applications.