Influence of High Concentration of Silica Nanoparticles on the Dielectric Spectra

Abstract

In the presented work, we report the dielectricbehavior of epoxy–silicon oxide composites in the temperaturerange 240– 300 K, over the frequency range 10-2 Hz – 107 Hz. Themeasuring apparatus was based on the Novocontrol AlphaAnalyser and the measured data were analyzed and interpretedusing the Havriliak – Negami equation. The master curves of thereal part of permittivity and the dielectric loss number wereobtained by time–temperature superposition principle, and theresults showed that the nano-composite had a much higher lossfactor. Through the analysis of the origin of the dielectric responsein epoxy/silica composite, the reason for the different dielectricrelaxation behaviors of the nano-composite, and the pure epoxywas discussed.