Title :
FEM modeling of conductivity and electrical coupling in polymeric nanocomposite material
Author :
Massaro, Alessandro ; Spano, Fabrizio ; Athanassiou, Athanassia ; Cingolani, Roberto
Author_Institution :
Center for Bio-Mol. Nanotechnol. (CBN), IIT, Arnesano, Italy
Abstract :
We propose an approach useful for the evaluation of electrical conductivity of nanocomposite materials. We consider the modeling of a polymeric matrix with gold nanoparticles by evaluating the electrical coupling of spherical gold nanoparticles embedded in chitosan polymer. The electrical coupling is generated by a voltage signal which provides a current distribution which is function of the gold nanonoparticles filling factor. We use a properly designed finite element method (FEM) tool.
Keywords :
electrical conductivity; finite element analysis; gold; nanocomposites; nanophotonics; optical polymers; Au; FEM modeling; chitosan polymer matrix; current distribution; electrical conductivity; electrical coupling; filling factor; finite element method; polymeric nanocomposite material; spherical gold nanoparticles; Cancer; Filling; Finite element methods; Gold; Nanoparticles; Polymers; FEM Modeling; Gold Nanoparticles; Nanocomposite Materials; Polymers;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2011 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-876-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2158-3234
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2011.6041151
