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We review some of the transport problems for composites, discussing the deep connections between various transport problems, leading to exact relations between apparently unconnected transport coefficients. We also discuss composites whose effective properties are very different from those of either constituent, including structures in which electromagnetic waves have a group velocity either higher than, or lower than, that for either of the two constituent phases. Additionally we discuss how to configure fixed proportions of two non-linear phases in a composite so as to maximize the current for a given applied electric field.
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Milton, G.W. (2001). Electric and Elastic Properties of Linear and Non-linear Composites. In: IUTAM Symposium on Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves in Structured Media. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 91. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46955-3_1
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