In this work we have evaluated the dielectric properties of poly vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) thin films of thickness (≈ 20μm) as a function of temperature from 40-70C and frequency varying from 500 Hz to 100 kHz respectively for Al-Al and Cu-Cu electrode configuration. The dielectric constant values increases with the increase in temperature. A broad peak is found at around (70±5)0C. The maximum...

Applications for low temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC) and high temperature co-fired ceramics (HTCC) are advancing to higher frequencies. In order to design ceramic microsystems and electronic packages, the electrical properties of materials must be well characterized over a broad frequency range. In this study, the dielectric properties of commercial Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3) with different gl...

Plasma sterilization offers a faster, less toxic and versatile alternative to conventional sterilization methods. Using a relatively small, low temperature, atmospheric, dielectric barrier discharge surface plasma generator, we achieved ≥ 6 log reduction in concentration of vegetative bacterial and yeast cells within 4 minutes and ≥ 6 log reduction of Geobacillus stearothermophilus spores withi...

The dielectric permittivity, conductivity and loss tangent of water were measured with non-blocking electrodes for different thicknesses of the sample and for various oscillator levels. The measurements were carried out in the 20-90°C temperature range with the 10°C interval. Domain Debye resonances in water, as well as changes in dielectric constants, relaxation times and conductivity with tem...

The dielectric and relaxation parameters of a binary system of edible oils, containing unsaturated fats namely mustard oil and coconut oil/ground nut oil/linseed oil in different proportions by volume are measured at different frequencies and a constant temperature (40°C). It is realized that at the given temperature, the dielectric constant of prepared samples at microwave frequency increases ...

In this research, BaTiO3 thick deposit has been successfully sprayed by air plasma spray. The microstructure and dielectric properties of thick films were investigated by secondary electron microscopy (SEM) and LCR meter respectively. XRD measurement was carried out on plasma sprayed BaTiO3. The results illustrate differences in the crystal structure between plasma sprayed coatings and feed sto...

The behavior of water dynamics confined in hydrated calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) gel has been investigated using broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS; 10(-2)-10(6) Hz) in the low-temperature range (110-250 K). Different water contents in C-S-H gel were explored (from 6 to 15 wt%) where water remains amorphous for all the studied temperatures. Three relaxation processes were found by BDS (...

The material properties of greatest importance in microwave processing of a dielectric are the complex relative permittivity epsilon = epsilon'-jepsilon", and the loss tangent, tan delta = epsilon"/epsilon'. This paper describes two convenient laboratory based methods to obtain epsilon', epsilon" and hence tan delta of fibre-reinforced thermoplastic (FRTP) composites. One method employs a micro...

New lead-free compositions of ABO3 perovskite type were synthesized in the BaTi1-x(Nb1/2Sc1/2)xO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) system, with regards to the comparable electronic configurations of the various 6coordinated cations. Special solid state reaction was used. The effect of the replacement of titanium by scandium and niobium in the B-site on structural and dielectric properties was investigated. For this...