Groups and Divisions

 

IOP Groups

Advances in Dielectrics Research

17-19 April 2000
Darwin College, University of Kent at Canterbury

The 2000 Annual Dielectrics Society Meeting

 


Session 1

Invited Lecture 1

Dielectric Relaxation in Complex Liquids at Mesoscale
Yuri Feldman

Paper 1.1

Relaxation Processes in Poly(vinylidene Fluoride)
Alexander Korzhenko (did not attend)

Paper 1.2

After-Effects in Ferroelectric KH2PO4
John Gilchrist

 


Session 2

Invited Lecture 2

Modelling of Relaxation Behaviour in Complex Polymer Systems
Tadeusz Pakula

Paper 2.1

A comparative study of the dielectric properties exhibited by dispersions of nano-materials
I Youngs and W Vine

Paper 2.2

Molecular Mobility in Vitreous Pet by Dynamic Dielectric and Thermostimulated Spectroscopies
J Menegott, P Demont, and C Lacabanne

Paper 2.3

The Dielectric Properties of Random R-C Networks as an Explanation of the "Universal" Power Law Dielectric Response of Solids
D P Almond and B Vainas

 


Session 3

Invited Lecture 3

Scanning Probe Microscopies
Kumar Wickramasignhe

Paper 3.1

The Scanning Kelvin technique as a tool for contact charging and surface charge
M Nalbach, H Kleim

Paper 3.2

Dielectric microscopy - a novel use of DRS
J van Turnhout, A Boersma and M Wubbenhorst

 


Session 4

Invited Lecture 4

Dielectric Measurements of Pharmaceutical Systems
Geoff Smith

Paper 4.1

Detection of Ageing Phenomena in Pharmaceutical Chitosan Systems with low-frequency dielectric Spectroscopy
G W Bak

Paper 4.2

Pore Structure and Water Absorption in Particles
R Ek, M S Mattson and G Niklasson

Paper 4.3

Dynamic Kerr effect and Dielectric Spectroscopy in a Nematic and an Isotropic Side Chain Polymer
S J Picken

 


Session 5

Invited Lecture 5

The Effect of Confinement on the Glass Transition
Jamie Forest

Paper 5.1

Confinement of propylene glycol moities by (liquid) crystalline layer structures: Modification of the glass transition dynamics
M Wubbenhorst, O van den Berg and Jan van Turnhout

Paper 5.2

Dynamics in the Glass Forming Liquids under High Pressure
M Paluch and T Pakula

 


Session 6

Invited Lecture 6

On Electrodes, Baselines, Blood and Yeast
C L Davey, J E Yardley, H I Atrah and J Barrett

Paper 6.1

On Electrode Effects in Sub-Hertz Frequency Region
Aleksander B Szymanski

Paper 6.2

The Study of Molecular Mobility across the Glass Transition in Poly(n-butyl)methacrylate
E Dudognon, A Bernes, C Lacabanne

Paper 6.3

Electric Modulus in Ionic Conducting Polymer Systems
L Osaka, J Ulanski, G Boiteux and G Setre

 


Session 7 - Posters

Poster 7.1

Stability and Distribution of Charges in Porous Electrets
J van Turnhout, R E Staal and M Wubbenhorst

Poster 7.2

Dielectric analysis of ion conduction and the dynamics of Li+/O
M Wubbenhorst, T J Cleij, L W Jenneskens and J van Turnhout

Poster 7.3

New measurements on dielectric reference liquids at microwave frequencies using transmission and reflection cells
A P Gregory, R N Clarke

Poster 7.4

The Open Resonator for Dielectric Measurements: A review and Progress Report
A C Lynch and R N Clarke

Poster 7.5

Advanced Pulsed Electro-Acoustic System for Space Charge Measurement
J C Fothergill, J Alison, A See and L A Dissado

 


Session 8

Invited Lecture 8

Diagnostic Dielectrics
Harry Block

Paper 8.1

Automatic Measurement of Static Permittivity through Frequency Changes
M Baron, M B Rebollo Paz and F Orthusteguy

Paper 8.2

Wideband Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy of some Aromatic and Aliphatic Polyesters
G J Pratt and M J A Smith

Paper 8.3

Measurements of the Surface Potential for Water-Treed LDPE
M C Lanca, C J Dias, and J N Marat-Mendes

Paper 8.4

Precise RF Measurement of the Permittivity of Dielectrics Having Intermediate Permittivity
G J Hill, K Lees and R N Clarke

Paper 8.5

Pulsed Electro-Acoustic Measurements of Space Charge
J C Fothergill, J Alison, A See and L A Dissado

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