The most difficult task in the characterization of complete set material properties for piezoelectric materials is self-consistency. Because there are many independent elastic, dielectric, and piezoelectric constants, several samples are needed to obtain the full set constants. Property variation from sample to sample often makes the obtained data set lack of self-consistency. Here, we present ...

In this paper, we report the synthesis and characterization of mesoporous carbons, which were obtained using SBA-15 silica as the template material and sucrose as the carbon source. The prepared silica template and mesoporous carbons were characterized by nitrogen adsorption-desorption, low angle X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Synthesized carbons were used t...

Dielectric impedance spectroscopy in a microchip was used for monitoring the adsorption of biomolecules onto a heterogeneous polymer surface obtained after the photoablation process. The sensor comprises a thin dielectric layer with two parallel carbon microband electrodes on the one side, and the photoablated surface on the other. The biomolecules need not to be labelled, as in an optical bios...

Electro-optical devices that work in a similar fashion as PDLCs (polymer-dispersed liquid crystals), produced from cellulose acetate (CA) electrospun fibers deposited onto indium tin oxide coated glass and a nematic liquid crystal (E7), were studied. CA and the CA/liquid crystal composite were characterized by multiple investigation techniques, such as polarized optical microscopy, dielectric s...

INTRODUCTION Accurate measurement of dielectric constant and conductivity, also known as, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) is a simple, yet powerful technique for analyzing the properties of liquids and gases. EIS is currently used in a wide range of industrial applications including monitoring the purity of boiler water in power plants [1], as well as, the health of lubricants in h...

This paper presents a label-free and noninvasive cell-counting assay system for electrical diagnostic tests of Falciparum malaria using electric impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Our system enabled a high-throughput test in a compact form-factor by the integration of a microfluidic device and a custom circuit board. Based on the differentiation of dielectric properties between cells and container m...

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Electrochemical systems with high capacities demand devices for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) with ultra-low frequencies (in order of mHz), that are almost impossible to accomplish with analogue techniques, but this becomes possible by using a computer technique and accompanying digital equipment. Recently, an original software and hardware for electrochemical measurements, inten...

Impedometric zeolite hydrocarbon sensors with a chromium oxide intermediatelayer show a very promising behavior with respect to sensitivity and selectivity. Theunderlying physico-chemical mechanism is under investigation at the moment. In order toverify that the effect occurs at the electrode and that zeolite bulk properties remain almostunaffected by hydrocarbons, a special planar setup was de...

This letter presents a comprehensive impedance spectroscopy characterisation of Magnéli phases (TinO2n-1) over a range of temperatures, which are of interest in electrochemistry and sensing applications, with the aim to enhance the understanding of their electrical properties and influence their microstructure. The impedance of the TinO2n-1 can be resolved into two different contributions, name...