Ebook: Recent Advances in Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy

This volume considers experimental and theoretical dielectric studies of the structure and dynamics of complex systems. Complex systems constitute an almost universal class of materials including associated liquids, polymers, biomolecules, colloids, porous materials, doped ferroelectric crystals, nanomaterials, etc. These systems are characterized by a new "mesoscopic" length scale, intermediate between molecular and macroscopic. The mesoscopic structures of complex systems typically arise from fluctuations or competing interactions and exhibit a rich variety of static and dynamic behaviour. This growing field is interdisciplinary; it complements solid state and statistical physics, and overlaps considerably with chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, and biology. A common theme in complex systems is that while such materials are disordered on the molecular scale and homogeneous on the macroscopic scale, they usually possess a certain degree of order on an intermediate, or mesoscopic, scale due to the delicate balance of interaction and thermal effects. In the present Volume it is shown how the dielectric spectroscopy studies of complex systems can be applied to determine both their structures and dynamics.

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This volume considers experimental and theoretical dielectric studies of the structure and dynamics of complex systems. Complex systems constitute an almost universal class of materials including associated liquids, polymers, biomolecules, colloids, porous materials, doped ferroelectric crystals, nanomaterials, etc. These systems are characterized by a new "mesoscopic" length scale, intermediate between molecular and macroscopic. The mesoscopic structures of complex systems typically arise from fluctuations or competing interactions and exhibit a rich variety of static and dynamic behaviour. This growing field is interdisciplinary; it complements solid state and statistical physics, and overlaps considerably with chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, and biology. A common theme in complex systems is that while such materials are disordered on the molecular scale and homogeneous on the macroscopic scale, they usually possess a certain degree of order on an intermediate, or mesoscopic, scale due to the delicate balance of interaction and thermal effects. In the present Volume it is shown how the dielectric spectroscopy studies of complex systems can be applied to determine both their structures and dynamics.

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This volume considers experimental and theoretical dielectric studies of the structure and dynamics of complex systems. Complex systems constitute an almost universal class of materials including associated liquids, polymers, biomolecules, colloids, porous materials, doped ferroelectric crystals, nanomaterials, etc. These systems are characterized by a new "mesoscopic" length scale, intermediate between molecular and macroscopic. The mesoscopic structures of complex systems typically arise from fluctuations or competing interactions and exhibit a rich variety of static and dynamic behaviour. This growing field is interdisciplinary; it complements solid state and statistical physics, and overlaps considerably with chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, and biology. A common theme in complex systems is that while such materials are disordered on the molecular scale and homogeneous on the macroscopic scale, they usually possess a certain degree of order on an intermediate, or mesoscopic, scale due to the delicate balance of interaction and thermal effects. In the present Volume it is shown how the dielectric spectroscopy studies of complex systems can be applied to determine both their structures and dynamics.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Dielectric Relaxation of Water in Complex Systems....Pages 1-18
High-Freqency Dielectric Response of Hydrogen-Bonded Liquids Between 0.2 and 2.5 THz....Pages 19-36
Anomalous Diffusion, Cole-Cole Relaxation and the Space in Which They Occur: Puzzles and Problems....Pages 37-48
Complex Dielectric Permittivity of Metal-Containing Nanocomposites: Non-phenomenological Description....Pages 49-67
State of Water in Confinement near Hydrophilic Surfaces Below the Freezing Temperature....Pages 69-77
Dielectric Properties and Applications of CVD Diamonds in the Millimeter and Terahertz Ranges....Pages 79-87
Nonlinear Susceptibility Experiments in a Supercooled Liquid: Evidence of Growing Spatial Correlations Close to T g ....Pages 89-102
On the Calculation of the Dielectric Properties of Liquid Ionic Systems....Pages 103-122
Applications and Implications of Fractional Dynamics for Dielectric Relaxation....Pages 123-130
Spectral Definition of the Characteristic Times for Anomalous Diffusion in a Potential....Pages 131-150
High-Frequency Resonance Absorption as Evidence for Oscillation in a Well Before Escape from a Metastable State in the Kramers Energy Controlled Diffusion Model....Pages 151-162
Molecular Dynamics of Polymers at Nanometric Length Scales: From Thin Layers to Isolated Coils....Pages 163-178
Fractional Klein-Kramers Equations: Subdiffusive and Superdiffusive Cases....Pages 179-194
Back Matter....Pages 195-196

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This volume considers experimental and theoretical dielectric studies of the structure and dynamics of complex systems. Complex systems constitute an almost universal class of materials including associated liquids, polymers, biomolecules, colloids, porous materials, doped ferroelectric crystals, nanomaterials, etc. These systems are characterized by a new "mesoscopic" length scale, intermediate between molecular and macroscopic. The mesoscopic structures of complex systems typically arise from fluctuations or competing interactions and exhibit a rich variety of static and dynamic behaviour. This growing field is interdisciplinary; it complements solid state and statistical physics, and overlaps considerably with chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, and biology. A common theme in complex systems is that while such materials are disordered on the molecular scale and homogeneous on the macroscopic scale, they usually possess a certain degree of order on an intermediate, or mesoscopic, scale due to the delicate balance of interaction and thermal effects. In the present Volume it is shown how the dielectric spectroscopy studies of complex systems can be applied to determine both their structures and dynamics.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Dielectric Relaxation of Water in Complex Systems....Pages 1-18
High-Freqency Dielectric Response of Hydrogen-Bonded Liquids Between 0.2 and 2.5 THz....Pages 19-36
Anomalous Diffusion, Cole-Cole Relaxation and the Space in Which They Occur: Puzzles and Problems....Pages 37-48
Complex Dielectric Permittivity of Metal-Containing Nanocomposites: Non-phenomenological Description....Pages 49-67
State of Water in Confinement near Hydrophilic Surfaces Below the Freezing Temperature....Pages 69-77
Dielectric Properties and Applications of CVD Diamonds in the Millimeter and Terahertz Ranges....Pages 79-87
Nonlinear Susceptibility Experiments in a Supercooled Liquid: Evidence of Growing Spatial Correlations Close to T g ....Pages 89-102
On the Calculation of the Dielectric Properties of Liquid Ionic Systems....Pages 103-122
Applications and Implications of Fractional Dynamics for Dielectric Relaxation....Pages 123-130
Spectral Definition of the Characteristic Times for Anomalous Diffusion in a Potential....Pages 131-150
High-Frequency Resonance Absorption as Evidence for Oscillation in a Well Before Escape from a Metastable State in the Kramers Energy Controlled Diffusion Model....Pages 151-162
Molecular Dynamics of Polymers at Nanometric Length Scales: From Thin Layers to Isolated Coils....Pages 163-178
Fractional Klein-Kramers Equations: Subdiffusive and Superdiffusive Cases....Pages 179-194
Back Matter....Pages 195-196
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