Critical concentration in percolating systems containing a high-aspect-ratio filler

Abstract

We examine the percolation threshold for composites made by dispersing anisometric, single-crystal graphite flakes in either an epoxy resin or a polyurethane polymer matrix. Analysis is based on empirical and excluded-volume approaches and the results are compared with a similar treatment using literature data of carbon-fiber based composites. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.