https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08798
Composite composed of a non-conducting polymer matrix in which irregular powdered or fibrous particles of an electrically conducting material are evenly dispersed in an amount exceeding the percolation threshold for electric conductivity and so the composite exhibits electric conductivity close to that of the conducting filler.
Notes:
- Conventional rubbery polymers are mostly used as the insulating matrix and powdered metals or carbon black as the dispersed phase in commercialized conducting polymer composites.
- Conducting polymer composites are extrinsically conducting polymeric materials since the matrix does not act as an electric conductor but only as a container for the active electric conductor.