{"term":{"id":"08862","title":"quantum tunneling polymer composite","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - quantum tunneling polymer composite","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.08862","code":"08862","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Electrically conducting polymer composite that, however, is conducting only when pressed due to thinning the insulating polymer matrix membranes so much that they allow electron tunneling through them.","notes":{"1":"Quantum tunneling polymer composites are utilized as pressure sensors and touchable control panels of electronic devices."},"links":[{"term":"Electrically conducting polymer composite","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/08798"},{"term":"electron tunneling","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/08806"},{"term":"percolation","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/08847"},{"term":"percolation threshold","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/08848"},{"term":"sensors","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/08872"}],"sources":["PAC, 2022, 94, 15. 'Glossary of terms relating to electronic, photonic and magnetic properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)' on page 44 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/pac-2020-0501)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/08862\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/08862\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/08862\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'quantum tunneling polymer composite' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.08862","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-06-07T01:03:10+00:00"}}