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Dielectric Polymer Nanocomposites
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学科范围:Engineering, Engineering, general, Polymer Sciences, Optical and Electronic Materials, Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods and Nanotechnology
The age old discipline of electrical insulation has seen something of a revival inthe twenty-first century due to the finding that anomalous, and often advantageous, properties of polymers can be obtained by the appropriate incorporation of a variety of materials of nanometric dimensions. However, it will be clear to readers of this book that this is a fast moving technology which is in its infancy. There are still many unknowns, and, indeed, even as the book it being assembled, new aspects are being uncovered which may cause us to reconsider our thinking. It must consequently be said that the nature of the field is such that the text does contain some speculation and informed guesswork. This is in the interests of providing a basis for a healthy debate on the emerging thinking. The book has been prepared to provide a springboard for both industrialists and academic researchers by providing both practical information such as the compounding and formulation of this class of material,and also the properties and underlying mechanisms attributable to nanodielectrics.
This is a highlymultidisciplinary field. As an electrical engineer, I quickly get out of my depth with schoolboy chemistry. Consequently, it has been found necessary to assemble teams of people with the broad range of disciplines needed. It is thus perhaps not surprising that the corresponding mix of chemists, engineers, materials scientists and physicists are represented in the authorship which has been drawn from many of the organizations who have played a leading role in the establishment of this technology from all over the world. For this reason, the reader will also find
the book to be interleaved with “tutorial” material designed to provide the technical background for the understanding of the physics and chemistry being discussed.
While much of the development work is going on in Universities, the end user will be industry, and so some attempt has been made to map the developments onto the commercial landscape. This has been done by documenting properties that can be enhanced and by providing some indication of the present and possible future applications which may be facilitated.
The book is laid out to permit the reader to get an overview by reading Chap. 1 which then leads in to the subsequent chapters which provide more detail of the aspects important to nanomaterials as electrical insulation. It is not the function of this book to try to examine the large number of other applications for solid nanomaterials,although thermal and mechanical properties important to their use as electrical insulation are featured. It is firmly believed that the future for the use of this class
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of materials as electrical insulation relies on our ability to “tailor” properties to the desired application. This requires a mechanistic understanding which is not yet complete, but an attempt is made to provide a window on the emerging picture and also to provide some basis for modeling which ultimately may find application in the process of creating nanodielectrics with the properties needed (within limits).
The reader will find that, although each chapter has been configured to highlight a different aspect of nanodielectrics, duplication of some topics is present. This is particularly so with respect to the nature and part played by the internal interfaces which are widely regarded as the key to the way in which this class of materials behaves.
This duplication is deliberate since the way in which the interface is viewed varies according to the discipline of each author, and the different insights offer important complimentary contributions to our understanding.
Dielectric Nanocomposites started for me through a joint project with the University of Leicester, UK at the turn of the century, and has become a large part of my effort at Rensselaer in the last few years. However, it has truly been a team effort.
It really is a great pleasure to acknowledge the numerous contributions made by Drs. Fothergill, MacCrone, Reed, Roy, Schadler and Smith and Mss. Hu, Hui and Travelpiece whose work has colored this book in substantial ways. The midnight oil burned by my wife, Christine, in undertaking proof reading is also lovingly recognized.
J. Keith Nelson Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
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