* Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: [email protected] 1537-5110/$ – see front matter a 2008 IAgrE doi:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.07.002 Knowledge of dielectric properties of agricultural commodities is essential to develop thermal treatments using radio frequency and microwave energy. Dielectric properties (the dielectric constant and loss factor) of compressed chickpea flour samples ...

The aim of this paper was to study the variations of the electrical properties like electrical conductivity and dielectric constant of soils with their physical properties. Eight soil samples were collected from different locations of Coimbatore (Tamilnadu) at the depth of 0 – 15 cm. Soil samples were analysed for physical properties like texture, bulk density and porosity. The electrical condu...

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) can be formed at the interface between solids and fluids, and are often used to modify the surface properties of the solid. One of the most widely employed SAM systems is exploiting thiol-gold chemistry, which, together with alkane-chain-based molecules, provides a reliable way of SAM formation to modify the surface properties of electrodes. Oligo ethylene-glyco...

hin film characterization is important for the semiconductor industry as it pushes for smaller and faster circuits and devices. Materials with a high dielectric constant are required for improved insulation and reduction of tunneling between layers, and low dielectric materials are needed for interconnects with reduced capacitance [1]. As feature sizes of circuits and devices approach 100 nm an...

2014 We present simultaneous measurements of adsorption isotherms and dielectric isotherms for krypton on lamellar halides. The comparison between the two isotherms shows that dielectric method is well adapted to characterize the multilayer formation. The evolution of dielectric properties from a two-dimensional system towards the bulk is also obtained. J. Physique 42 (1981) 559-564 AVRIL 1981,

The demand for improved food quality has been accompanied by a technological boost. This fact enhances the possibility of improving the quality of horticultural products, leading towards healthier consumption of fruits and vegetables. A better electrical characterization of the dielectric properties of fruits and vegetables is required for this purpose. Moreover, a focused study of dielectric s...

Nanocrystallite α-cordierite glass-ceramics are synthesized using a modified Pechini method. The structural and lattice modes of the products are investigated via XRD and Micro Raman back-scattering spectroscopy. The Debye-Scherrer formula is used to confirm the grain sizes estimated by the SEM slides. Dielectric coefficients calculation and DTA analysis are used to study the synthesized nanocr...

A novel all-organic polyconjugated ladder structures-polyimide (PcLS-PI) composite was successfully synthesized, in which PcLS were derived from polyacrylonitrile (PAN). The PcLS-PI composite not only presents high dielectric performances of high dielectric permittivity, low dielectric loss, high electrical breakdown strength and high energy density, but also has excellent mechanical and therma...

We introduce a constrained energy functional to describe dielectric response. We demonstrate that the local functional is a generalization of the long-ranged Marcus energy. Our reformulation is used to implement a cluster Monte Carlo algorithm for the simulation of dielectric media. The algorithm avoids solving the Poisson equation and remains efficient in the presence of spatial heterogeneity,...

Ti1-xSixO2 dielectric thin films were prepared by cosputtering deposition at room temperature. Electrical properties of high-k Ti1-xSixO2 dielectric thin film were characterized and the leakage current mechanism was analyzed. As the TiO2 power increases, the dielectric constant is increased from 14 to 43 and the dominant leakage current mechanism is changed from Schottky emission to Poole-Frenk...