A new temperature-frequency converter based on the variation of the dielectric permittivity of the Liquid Crystal (LC) material with temperature has been demonstrated. Unlike other temperature sensors based on liquid crystal processing optical signals for determining the temperature, this work presents a system that is able to sense temperature by using only electrical signals. The variation of...

Ž . Ž . Results of isothermal high-pressure up to 120 MPa and isobaric Ps0.1 and 51 MPa temperature studies of dielectric Ž . Ž . permittivity in nitrobenzene–dodecane binary solution are presented. The dependencies of ́ P and ́ T obtained can be well portrayed by isomorphic relations with the same value of the critical exponent fs1yaf0.88. The influence of correction-to-scaling terms for the t...

The results of investigations of porous glasses (PG) and porous glasses-ammonium hydrogen sulfate ferroelectric nanocomposites (AHS-PG) are presented. On the basis of dielectric and calorimetric measurements it was shown that in the AHS-PG nanocomposites with average pore size of 44, 68, 95, and 320 nm the anomalies of dielectric permittivity and specific heat similar to those in bulk crystals ...

We review recent results obtained in the physics of the thermal Casimir force acting between two dielectrics, dielectric and metal, and between metal and semiconductor. The detailed derivation for the low-temperature behavior of the Casimir free energy, pressure and entropy in the configuration of two real dielectric plates is presented. For dielectrics with finite static dielectric permittivit...

We report the design and fabrication of nanostructured metal-dielectric mirrors with high reflectance asymmetries in the visible spectral range. Applying dispersion engineering principles to model a broadband and large reflectance asymmetry, we obtain a dielectric function for this metamaterial, closely resembling the effective permittivity of disordered metal-dielectric nanocomposites. Coating...

Retraction of 'Origin of colossal permittivity in (In1/2Nb1/2)TiO2via broadband dielectric spectroscopy' by Xiao-gang Zhao et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 23132-23139.

Abstract Expressions arising from the Bruggeman approach for the homogenization of dielectric–magnetic composite materials, without ignoring the sizes of the spherical particles, are presented. These expressions exhibit the proper limit behavior. The incorporation of size dependence is directly responsible for the emergence of dielectric–magnetic coupling in the estimated relative permittivity ...

where ε equals permittivity, εr equals relative permittivity, ε0 equals permittivity of free space (8.85 10 12 F Laboratory tests were conducted to simultaneously measure soil m 1), ε r equals dielectric constant (the real part of relawater content and salinity using a four-electrode Wenner array sensor. The sensor was modified to enhance the capacitive effect. Soil bulk tive permittivity), ε′′...

Electromagnetic properties of periodic two-dimensional subwavelength structures consisting of closely packed inclusions of materials with negative dielectric permittivity epsilon in a dielectric host with positive epsilon(h) can be engineered using the concept of multiple electrostatic resonances. Fully electromagnetic solutions of Maxwell's equations reveal multiple wave propagation bands, wit...

Polymer/ceramic composites with controlled spatial distribution of fillers are synthesized, and the corresponding changes in their properties are studied. Using dielectrophoretic assembly, we create anisotropic composites of aligned BaTiO3 particles in silicone elastomer and study their electrical properties as a function of ceramic volume fraction and composite morphology. These structured com...