It is shown that the dielectric response of Ba(0.77)Sr(0.23)TiO(3) nanoparticles at temperatures below 200 K has a frequency and temperature dependence in agreement with the Debye theory with a single relaxation time, which exhibits the Arrhenius law. By contrast, at temperatures above 210 K the dielectric response exhibits a broad range of relaxation times characteristic of relaxor-ferroelectr...

The ac conductance in granular insulating Co-ZrO2 thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition is systematically studied as a function of the Co volume content x. An absorption phenomenon at low frequencies that mimics the universal response of disordered dielectric materials is observed in the range of metal content below the Co percolation threshold xp 0.35 in the so-called dielectric regim...

Solution-based organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) with low parasitic capacitance have been fabricated using a self-aligned method. The self-aligned processes using a cross-linking polymer gate insulator allow fabricating electrically stable polymer OFETs with small overlap area between the source-drain electrodes and the gate electrode, whose frequency characteristics have been investigat...

Abstrac t This paper describes the latest major improvement made to gene expression programming (GEP) for use in impedance spectroscopy. This change consists on systematically analysing the fittest element of each population of the GEP to identify circuit components that are useless in the sense that they do not significantly contribute to the impedance response at the analysed frequency range....

This paper presents the results of the dielectric response of carbon dioxide measured using a loaded microwave cavity operating in the TE011, mode of a cylindrical cavity near the frequencies 8.8, 9.7 and 10.2 GHz. The temperature dependence of the dielectric response of gas phase CO2 over the range of 160 to 213 degrees K (-113 to -60 degrees C) was measured. Slater perturbation equations for ...

Dihydroflavonol-4-reductase (DFR, EC1.1.1.219) catalyzes a key step late in the biosynthesis of anthocyanins, condensed tannins (proanthocyanidins), and other flavonoids important to plant survival and human nutrition. Three DFR cDNA clones (designated GbDFRs) were isolated from the gymnosperm Ginkgo biloba. The deduced GbDFR proteins showed high identities to other plant DFRs, which form three...

The thin-film dielectric response of organic films confined within a surface forces apparatus ~SFA! and also between parallel sheets of atomically smooth mica is reported for the first time. Analysis is presented to infer dielectric properties of the organic film from the measured capacitance of the total system: sample, and mica sheets intervening between sample and electrodes. Measurements co...