Tailoring of Nanocomposite Dielectrics

Toshikatsu Tanaka is a research fellow at the IPS Research Center of Waseda University, Japan, professor emeritus at Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, and chair of the IEEJ Committee on Nanocomposites. He is a recipient of the Japanese Ministry of Science and Technology Prize (2000), Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) Technology Progress Award (1988), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Whitehead Memorial Lecture Award (2001), IEEJ Inuishi Award (2001), and IEEE Dakin Award (2002). Dr. Tanaka is an IEEE fellow and an IEEJ life fellow. He was the chair of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) Working Group on Nanocomposites for 6 years from 2006. Alun S. Vaughan has a BSc in chemical physics and a PhD in polymer physics from the University of Reading, UK. After undertaking postdoctoral research and working at the UK’s Central Electricity Research Laboratories, he returned to academia and spent 11 years as a lecturer in physics at the University of Reading, before moving to the University of Southampton in 2000, where he is professor of dielectric materials and head of the Electronics and Electrical Engineering research group. Dr. Vaughan is a former chair of the Dielectrics Group of the Institute of Physics, UK, a fellow of the Institute of Physics and the Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK, and a senior member of the IEEE.

Introduction. Preparation of nanoparticles. Nano-filler dispersion for tailoring of nanocomposite dielectrics. Nanoparticle surface modification for dielectric polymer nanocomposites. Characterization of nanocomposites. Theoretical aspects of interfaces. Computer simulation of nanocomposites at the molecular level. Electrical properties of polymer nanocomposites. Dielectric breakdown of polymer nanocomposites. Suppression of surface erosion by surface-treated fillers. Degradation of polymeric micro- and nanocomposites. Permittivity gradient composite material structures. Permeability control by nano-magnetic fillers: case study. High-density mounted components for electronic devices. Power applications.