[1] The real part of the dielectric permittivity of the Martian regolith was measured by the Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Probe (TECP) on the Phoenix lander. We interpret these data using laboratory measurements of permittivity as a function of H2O and salt content, soil type, and temperature. Due to variability in sensor coupling, we focus on data taken at one locality (“Vestri”) three ...

The dielectric permittivity and losses of composites containing silicon rubber and multiwall carbon nanotubes decorated with gold were measured on wide temperature and frequency ranges. The permittivity decreases with increasing temperatures, increases with increasing nanotube mass concentration, and has weak frequency dependence. The losses depend non-uniformly on temperature and frequency.

The physical reasons why the Drude dielectric function is not compatible with the Lifshitz formula, as opposed to the generalized plasma-like permittivity, are presented. Essentially, the problem is connected with the finite size of metal plates. It is shown that the Lifshitz theory combined with the generalized plasma-like permittivity is thermodynamically consistent.

We derive the analytic expressions of the electromagnetic force and torque on a dipolar particle, with arbitrary dielectric permittivity and magnetic permeability. We then develop a general framework, based on the coupled dipole method, for computing the electromagnetic force and torque experienced by an object with arbitrary shape, dielectric permittivity and magnetic permeability.

Calculations are presented of the permittivity of water residing in conditions encountered in hydration shells. The present approach is applicable to water in high electric fields and in the whole range of temperature where it is liquid. Possible applications to various systems are mentioned. Static permittivity of aqueous solutions of exemplary salts is calculated and its comparison with exper...

The Metal-Ferroelectric-Semiconductor FET (MFSFET) device is structurally similar to a regular MOSFET device except that the gate material is composed of a ferroelectric material (PZT) normally sandwiched between two layers of silicon dioxide. Ferro models the PZT material with a set of four material parameters; the saturation polarization Ps, the remanent polarization Pr, the coercive field Ec...

The complex, relative dielectric permittivity " of dry desert sand, collected at the Grand Erg Oriental in Ksar Ghilane, Tunisia, in October 1994, was measured with microwave resonators at frequencies between 0.245 and 6 GHz. The results are presented here. Whereas the real part "0 is nearly independent of frequency, a monotonous decrease of the imaginary part "00 with increasing frequency is o...