Unconventional Scaling of Electrical Conductivity Spectra for PSS-PDADMAC Polyelectrolyte Complexes

Imre AW, Schönhoff M, Cramer C

Abstract

For the first time, we analyze ac conductivity spectra of various dried ionically cross-linked polyelectrolyte complexes in terms of the time-temperature superposition principle. The temperature-dependent spectra of some complexes show scaling properties that are distinctly different from the behavior of all other ion-conducting materials reported so far, but in agreement with model predictions by Roling. We conclude that the dc conductivity of the investigated PEC is always governed by the Na+ ions, even in complexes with excess of polycations and chloride anions.