简介:Epoxyresin/Ni@Cnanoparticlecompositeswithalignedmicrostructurewerepreparedbyusingaprocedureofmagneticfieldassistedcuring.Theresultsshowthattheresistivityofcompositesexhibitsnegativetemperaturecoeffcient(NTC)effectaboveroomtemperature,andcanbeadjustedbyvaryingthecontentfillerandthemagnitudeofmagneticfieldapplied.Hill'squantumtunnelingmodelwasmodifiedtounderstandtheelectricalconductionmechanisminthecomposites.ItshowsthattheNTCeffectascribestothedominantthermalactivatedtunnelingtransportofelectronacrossadjacentnanoparticles,aswellasthelowthermalexpansivityofepoxyresinmatrix.