Dielectric Polymer Nanocomposites
Dielectric Polymer Nanocomposites provides the first in-depth discussion of nano-dielectrics, an emerging and fast moving topic in electrical insulation. The book provides an overview of the background, principles and promise of nanodielectrics, as well a
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J. Keith Nelson Editor
Dielectric Polymer Nanocomposites
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Editor J. Keith Nelson Rensselaer Polytechnic Institut Dept. Electrical, Computer & Systems Engineering 110 8th Street Troy NY 12180 USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-1590-0 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-1591-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1591-7 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2009936797 c Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Cover graphics courtesy Dr. L.S. Schadler Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The age old discipline of electrical insulation has seen something of a revival in the 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 highly multidisciplinary 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 technica
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