A study of random capacitor networks to assess the emergent properties of dielectric composites

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 391, Issue 1 PART 3, 2009, Pages 158-167

  Richardson, P ^a   Almond, D P ^a   Bowen, C R ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE RATIO; CAPACITOR NETWORK; DIELECTRIC COMPOSITES; DIELECTRIC MIXTURES; EFFECTIVE CAPACITANCE; EMERGENT BEHAVIOURS; EMERGENT PROPERTY; LOGARITHMIC MIXING; PARTICULAR CONDITION; RANDOM NETWORK;

ALGEBRA; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 77955887975     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190903004767     Document Type: Conference Paper

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