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Feature Article
Trends in dielectrics research: an international review from 1980 to 2004
To review the state of international dielectric research activity, members of the dielectrics group undertook a review of published work in the field. The review focuses on three questions:
- Is dielectrics research in growth or decline?
- How is dielectrics research different geographically?
- How has the scope of dielectrics research changed with time?
Published in the Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 39 (2006) 1267-1276
Technical Features
The following features represent active fields of dielectrics research and application. They help highlight the breadth of the subject. Please send in your own contribution of up to 1 page of text to accompany pictoral, graphical, or animated visualisations of effects and results.
The Robustness of the Emergent Properties of Microstructural Electrical Networks
A presentation given by Darryl P Almond, Professor of Materials Science, Director Materials Research Centre, University of Bath at the Dielectrics Group meeting, "Charge Transport in Non-Metallic Solids", 2nd April 2008, Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London
News
The cluster of papers from the 2005 annual group conference to be published in JPhysD will be available on line from 17 March 2006.
It is with a note of sadness that the group marks the recent passing of a number of colleagues who made many excellent contributions to the field of dielectrics, including:
Harry Block
Roland Coelho
Andrew Jonscher
Daniel Kilveson
Arnold Lynch
Herman Schwan
We are sure that they want to wish us well in our continued quest in dielectrics and we extend our condolences to their families and many friends who will miss them.
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