Polymer nanocomposites with engineered electrical properties can be made by tuning the fabrication method, processing conditions and filler’s geometric and physical properties. This work focuses on investigating the effect of filler’s geometry (aspect ratio and shape), intrinsic electrical conductivity, alignment and dispersion within the polymer, and polymer crystallinity, on the percolation t...

The adhesion between mineral surfaces and organic polymers is important in many industrial products. Examples range from paints to filled plastics and fiber reinforced composites. Talc, for example, is well known to be an important reinforcing filler for polyolefins such as polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) [1]. Usually, for this application, there is no need to treat the mineral surface...