The fly ash floating beads were covered by polyaniline (FAFB/PAn) by using
in situ
polymerization method.Sol gel-hydrothermal method was introduced to prepare FAFB/PAn/BaTiO
3
composites.FAFB/PAn/BaTiO
3
composites had core/shell structure with multilayer
which was composed of the core as hollow FAFB and the first shell as conductive layer PAn and the second one as insulating layer BaTiO
3
.The structure and performance of the composites were analyzed by FTIR
XRD
SEM
four point probe technique and LCR.The suspension and shear stress of electrorheological fluid were tested.The results of FTIR and XRD showed that PAn and BaTiO
3
could successfully be coated on the surface of FAFB by this method.The results of conductivity showed that the value of FAFB/PAn/BaTiO
3
was 7.8×10
-4
S·cm
-1
and rose almost by two orders of magnitude in comparison with BaTiO
3
.It had better dielectric properties in the 1-2000 kHz frequency range.The max value of
ε
r
reached 598 if
f
= 1 kHz was provided and with the increase of frequency
the dielectric constant decreased correspondingly.The maximum of tan
δ
was 1.14 at
f
=1 kHz and its value decreased to 0.75 until 200 kHz.Comparison with the suspension stability of them
FAFB/PAn showed better suspension ratio as 88% than BaTiO
3
and FAFB/PAn/BaTiO
3
after 7 days
while the values of the latter two was similar as only 60%.FAFB/PAn/BaTiO
3
based electrorheological fluid showed a significant ER effect and obvious higher capability of breakdown resistance under electric field.When the applied electric field was 4.0 kV/mm
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