A negative dielectric constant in nano-particle materials under an electric field at very low frequencies

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5932, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-10

  Chu, C W ^a,b,c   Chen, F ^a   Shulman, J ^a   Tsui, S ^a   Xue, Y Y ^a   Wen, W ^b   Sheng, P ^b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaelectricity; Electrorheology; Nanoparticles; Negative dielectric constant; Negative polarization

Indexed keywords

ELECTRORHEOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NEGATIVE DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; NEGATIVE POLARIZATION;

AGGREGATES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDES; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

PERMITTIVITY;

EID: 31744431591     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.626267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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