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Investigating the dielectric properties of PMMA/RGO nanocomposites using experimental techniques with artificial neural network ANN Model

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Last updated: 27 Apr 2025

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The current research introduces a combined investigation using both experimental methods and theoretical model to understand and predict the dielectric behavior of PMMA polymer nanocomposites. Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)/reduced graphene oxide (RGO) nanocomposite films with varying RGO nano-platelets (NPs) contents are made using the casting process. The dielectric constant ε^', loss ε^'', ac-conductivity σ_ac of PMMA/RGO nanocomposites are investigated in the temperature range (300 K  390 K) and frequency range (100 Hz  1 MHz). σ_ac and the frequency exponent S are interpreted by the correlated barrier hopping CBH theory. The frequency exponent S and charge carrier binding energy W_m in the nanocomposite films exhibit a decrease with increasing temperature and RGO content. ε^', ε^'' and σ_ac of PMMA/RGO nanocomposites depend on both frequency f and temperature T. The study employed ANN as a soft-computing process to model the dielectric behavior of the investigated polymer nanocomposites. The measured experimental datasets served as inputs. The optimized ANN configuration was used to train the model for ε^', ε^'' and σ_ac. ANN simulation results exhibited excellent fitting with the measured experimental data. Notably, the ANN not only accurately predicted experimental measurements (serving as a test step) but also successfully predicted values for unmeasured data points. To evaluate the model's performance, Mean Squared Error MSE was calculated. The consistently low MSE values (below 0.08) indicated a high degree of accuracy. Additionally, the correlation coefficient R provided further confirmation, with its value signifying a strong correlation between the ANN results and their targets.

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10.21608/ejs.2025.350213.1054

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Polymer nanocomposites, Dielectric properties, ac conductivity, and ANN model

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R. A.

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Mohamed

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Faculty of Education - Physics department

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rashaali@edu.asu.edu.eg

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mahmoud

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elbakry

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faculty of education ain shams university

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mahmoud.elbakry@edu.asu.edu.eg

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Doaa

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Habashy

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department of physics, faculty of education, ai shams university

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doaamahmoud@edu.asu.edu.eg

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A. S.

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Mohamed

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physics, education, Ain shams

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amona@yahoo.com

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A. M.

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Ismail

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physics, education, Ain Shams

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ahmedesmael@edu.asu.edu.eg

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47

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54597

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2025-03-01

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2025-02-06

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2025-03-01

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80

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109

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1012-5566

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2735-5640

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Egyptian Journal of Solids

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Investigating the dielectric properties of PMMA/RGO nanocomposites using experimental techniques with artificial neural network ANN Model

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27 Apr 2025