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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