Dielectric Relaxation of Adsorbed Water in Wood Cell Wall under Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium State

This article summarized systematically the previous investigations on t he dielectric relaxation of wood, the main substances and extractives in wood at oven-dry state, and the dielectric relaxation based on the adsorbed water in w o od cell wall under equilibrium and non-equilibrium state. Moreover, some expect a tions for future research were proposed on this basis. The purpose of this artic le is to provide other researchers an overall understanding about the research i n this region, and further to promote the research onto a new and higher level.

Oxygen-vacancy-related dielectric relaxation and conduction mechanisms in Bi5TiNbWO15 ceramics

This paper reports that the intergrowth ceramics Bi5TiNbWO15 （BW-BTN） have been prepared with the conventional solid-state reaction method. The dielectric and conductivity properties of samples were studied by using the dielectric relaxation and AC impedance spectroscopy in detail. Two distinct relaxation mechanisms were detected both in the plots of dielectric loss （tanδ） and the imaginary part （Z″） versus frequency in the frequency range of 10 Hz-13 MHz. We attribute the higher frequency relaxation process to the hopping process of the oxygen vacancies inside the grains, while the other seems to be associated with the space charges bound at the grain boundary layers. The AC impedance spectroscopy indicates that the conductivities at 625 K for bulk and grain boundary are about 1.12 × 10^-2 S/m and 1.43 × 10^-3 S/m respectively. The accumulation of the space charges in the grain boundary layers induces a space charge potential of 0.52 eV.

An Investigation of Structure Transition in Sodium Dodecyl Trioxyethylene Sulfate/n-Butanol/n-Octane/Water System by Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy Method

The phase diagram of the quaternary system of sodium dodecyl trioxyethylene sulfate(SDES)/n-butanol/n-octane/water was obtained at (30.0±0.1) ℃. There exists a clear, isotropic, and low-viscosity L phase, which can be divided into W/O, bi-continuous(B.C.) and O/W microemulsions by conductivity measurement results. Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy(DRS) measurements, including permittivity, conductivity, relaxation strength, characteristic relaxation time, dielectric parameters, phase parameters, etc., were applied to investigating the microstructures of the system mentioned above. For the samples with a fixed SDES/n-butanol mass ratio of 4/6 including 20%(mass fraction) of n-octane, DRS indicated a structure transition from a W/O to an O/W via a B.C. microemulsion with the increase of the water content. For the samples with a fixed (SDES/20%n-octane)/H_2O mass ratio of 5/5, DRS presented that there only exists a onefold structure of a W/O microemulsion as the (n-butanol/20%n-octane) content increases. The results obtained from DRS are in good agreement with those from the phase diagram.

Phase Transition and Oxygen Ion Diffusion in （La1-xLnx）2Mo2O9 （Ln=Nd, Gd, x=0.05-0.25） Using Dielectric Relaxation Method

Dielectric relaxation method was employed to study the properties of oxygen ion diffusion and phase transition in the oxide-ion conductors （Lal-xLnx）2Mo209 （Ln=Nd, Gd, x=0.05-0.25）. Two dielectric loss peaks were observed： peak Pd at about 600 K and peak P5 around 720 K. Peak Pd is a relaxational peak and associated with the short-range diffusion of oxygen ions, while peak P5 hardly changes its position and dramatically decreases in height with increasing frequency, exhibiting non-relaxational nature. With increasing Ln^3＋ concentration, the heights of peak Ph and Pd increase at first and then decrease after passing a maximum at 15% doping. It is suggested that peak P5 is related to the phase transition of a static disordered state to a dynamic disordered state in oxygen ions/vacancies distribution. It is found that the 15%Gd or 15%Nd doped La2Mo209 samples exhibit the highest conductivity in accordance with the highest height of peak Pd at this doping content.

STUDIES ON THE CHAIN STRUCTURAL EFFECT OF PVDF AND VDF (52)/TrFE(48) COPOLYMER BY MEANS OF THE METHOD OF DIELECTRIC RELAXATION

Through improvements on a fully commercial and automatic system measuring frequency andtemperature spectra of the complex elastic, dielectric, and piezoelectric constants of polymerfilms, the precision for measuring complex dielectric constants achieved 2‰ from original 1%.The complex dielectric constants of PVDF, VDF （95 ）/VF （5）, VDF （52）/TrFE （48） and VDF（47. 5）/TrFE（47. 5）/HeFP （5） over a range of-120-140℃, 10-2-10;Hz were measured bythe described system. The diminution of chain regularity due to 5mol% vinyl fluoride in the chainof PVDF led to disappearing of α-relaxation and increase in T;（3℃） of VDF （95）/VF （5）.Because of the spatial impediment of 5mol% HeFP in copolymer chain, the Curie point of VDF（52）/TrFE（48） decreased by 30℃ and T;by 3℃. The behavior of dielectric relaxation indicatedthat 5mol% vinyl fluoride and HeFP made the relaxation strength of noncrystalline regionreduced, the activation energy of local relaxation increased and the relaxation time prolonged respectively.

Dielectric Relaxation in Bi_2BaNb_2O_9 Ceramic

A very strong dielectric relaxation was observed in Bi_2BaNb_2O_9 ceramic.The temperature difference between the maximum dielectric constant temperatures T_m measured at 1 kHz and 100 kHz is 65℃. which is about 2-4 times that of relaxor ferroelectrics.The possible mechanism of the anomalous dielectric relaxation was discussed.

Phases confirmation of cloudy Silwet L-77 aqueous solution by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy

The phase transition of Silwet L-77(a kind of siloxane surfactant) dilute aqueous solution with temperature was investigated by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy.In the initial heating process,a dielectric relaxation was found at about 10~6 Hz,which was considered as the interface polarization ascribed to the interface between water and liquid phases(W and L_1).With the temperature increasing further,a new dielectric relaxation was observed at about 10~4 Hz,which was assigned to the appearance of liquid crystal phase(L_α).According to the dielectric parameters fitted by Cole-Cole equation,the coexistence temperature of W,L_1 and L_αwas determined at about 37.0℃.

Studies on the Phase Properties of Winsor Ⅰ-Ⅲ Type Microemulsions with Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy

The dielectric relaxation spectroscopy （DRS） of Winsor I -Ⅲ microemulsions for nonionic surfactant octyl polyglucoside CsG1.46/1-butanol/cyclohexanedwater system was studied. The experiment shows that the permittivity decreases with the increase in the frequency and clear dielectric relaxation phenomena were observed. Permittivity obviously decreases with the change of the microstructure of the microemulsion, W/O, B.C. and O/W can be distinguished by the permittivity.

Structural,optical,electrical,and dielectric relaxation properties of rare earth containing sodium bismuth titanate Na_(0.5)Bi_(0.5)TiO_(3) perovskite:Effect of ionic radius

The main focus of this work is to study the effect of the ionic radius of different rare earth dopant cations RE^(3+)(RE=La,Sm,Dy,and Ho) on structural and various physical properties of sodium bismuth titanate(Na_(0.5)B_(0.5)TiO_(3),NBT) based perovskite nanomaterials.The X-ray diffraction data indicate the successful formation of the rhombohedral phase(space group R3c) of NBT nano perovskite incorporated with various rare earth ions in Bi-site.The lattice parameters were found to increase linearly with the ionic radius of the dopant cation.The ionic radii and atomic mass of rare earth dopants appear to be essential factors in the grain growth of the prepared compositions.The grain growth results in better crystallinity of the sample by reducing the microstrain with the increase of dopant ionic radius.Field emission scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectra confirm the prepared compositions' phase purity and stoichiometry.The UV-Vis spectra reveal that La-doped NBT composition exhibits the lowest optical band gap,which unfolds the application of NBT-based perovskite as photoactive material.The ac conductivity and complex impedance spectra unveil that the composition with the largest ionic radius,i.e.,La-doped NBT compound,exhibits the highest dc and bulk conductivity with the lowest activation energy.The frequency-dependent dielectric data follows Havriliak-Negami(HN) formalism and non-Debye type relaxation phenomena.Results also indicate that La-doped NBT composition exhibits the highest dielectric strength value.Thus,this study first elaborates that the increasing ionic radius of the rare earth dopant cation in the Bi-site of NBT perovskite improves its microstructural,optical,and electrical properties.

Solvation Effects on the Dielectric Constant of 1 M LiPF6 in Ethylene Carbonate:Ethyl Methyl Carbonate 3:7

We report the dielectric constant of 1 M LiPF_(6)in EC:EMC 3∶7 w/w(ethylene carbonate/ethyl methyl carbonate)in addition to neat EC:EMC 3∶7 w/w.Using three Debye relaxations,the static permittivity value,or dielectric constant,is extrapolated to 18.5,which is compared to 18.7 for the neat solvent mixture.The EC solvent is found to strongly coordinate with the Li^(+)cations of the salt,which results in a loss of dielectric contribution to the electrolyte.However,the small amplitude and large uncertainty in relaxation frequency for EMC cloud definitive identification of the Li^(+)solvation shell.Importantly,the loss of the free EC permittivity contribution due to Li^(+)solvation is almost completely balanced by the positive contribution of the associated LiPF_(6)salt,demonstrating that a significant quantity of dipolar ion pairs exists in 1 M LiPF_(6)in EC:EMC 3∶7.

AC Conductivity and Dielectric Relaxation Behavior of Sol-gel Ba_xSr_(1-x)TiO_3 Thin Films

BaxSr1-xTiO3 sol-gel thin films with x--0.5, 0.7 and 0.8 have been fabricated as AI/BST/Pt capacitor. The AC conductivity and dielectric properties over a frequency rang of 10 Hz and I MHz have been studied in order to explore the ion dynamics and relaxation mechanisms in the films. The frequency dependent conductivity plots show three regions of conduction processes. Dielectric results show that ε＇ at low frequencies increases as Sr content decreases, whereas at high frequencies, it shows opposite variation, which is attributed to the dipole dynamics. The electric modulus plots reveal the relaxation peaks which are not observed in the ε＂ plots and the contribution of the grains, grain boundaries and electrode to the relaxation mechanisms.

Changes of the Molecular Mobility of Poly(ε-caprolactone) upon Drawing,Studied by Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy

Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy（DRS） of poly（ε-caprolactone） with different draw ratios showed that the mobility of polymer chains in the amorphous part decreases as the draw ratio increases. The activation energy of the α process, which corresponds to the dynamic glass transition, increases upon drawing. The enlarged gap between the activation energies of the α process and the β process results in a change of continuity at the crossover between the high temperature a process and the α and β processes. At low drawing ratios the a process connects with the β process, while at the highest drawing ratio in our measurements, the a process is continuous with the αprocess. This is consistent with X-ray diffraction results that indicate that upon drawing the polymer chains in the amorphous part align and densify upon drawing. As the draw ratio increases, the α relaxation broadens and decreases its intensity, indicating an increasing heterogeneity. We observed slope changes in the α traces, when the temperature decreases below that at which τα≈ 1 s. This may indicate the glass transition from the ‘rubbery＇ state to the non-equilibrium glassy state.

Dielectric relaxation and modulus spectroscopy analysis of(Na_(0.47)K_(0.47)Li_(0.06))NbO_(3) ceramics

We have investigated the structure,dielectric and electrical properties of lead-free polycrystalline (Na_(0.47)K_(0.47)Li_(0.06))NbO_(3) ceramics as a function of temperature and frequency in order to understand the intrinsic contribution of grain/bulk and grain boundary effects toward the dielectric response as well as the electrical conduction mechanism in the samples fabricated by microwave sintering method.X-ray diffraction analysis exhibits perovskite structure with orthorhombic symmetry,which is well supported by the Raman spectroscopic analysis.A minor secondary impurity phase of tungsten bronze structure was observed for samples sintered at 1050℃,which gets weaker for samples sintered at 1150℃.Dielectric permittivity was enhanced by 50%,although there was a reduction in the dielectric loss by about 50%at Curie temperature(450℃)for samples sintered at 1150℃.Complex impedance spectroscopic analysis indicated non-Debye-type dielectric relaxation present in the samples,and this phenomenon followed thermally activated process related to hopping mechanism.Nyquist plot showed the negative temperature coefficient of resistance,characteristic of the samples.

Dielectric relaxation and scaling of AC conductivity observed in mixed valence perovskite Eu_(2)CoMnO_(6)

Monophasic and polycrystalline double perovskite Eu_(2)CoMnO_(6)has been synthesized,and its structural characterization,fre-quency and temperature-dependent dielectric relaxation have been studied.Observed thermally activated dielectric relaxation was explained using the empirical Havriliak-Negami(HN)dielectric relaxation function with an estimated activation energy E~0.22 eV and attempt frequency f0~2.46×10^(9)Hz.The frequency-dependent AC conductivity data,over a wide range of tempera-ture(100-325 K),followed the empirical universal power law behavior(~f n,n is the constant exponent)showing two different frequency exponents,respectively,in the high-and low-temperature regions.The high-temperature(>275 K)conductivity data followed the continuous time random walk(CTRW)approximation model proposed by Dyre.However,this model failed to repro-duce the observed conductivity spectra in the low-temperature side(<200 K).Interestingly,both the high-and low-temperatures’conductivity data can be scaled to the master curve with suitably chosen scaling parameters.

Dielectric relaxation of interfacial polarizable molecules in chitosan ice-hydrogel materials

The functionalities of hydrogel-based smart materials are highly related to the electrostatic interactions and molecular polarization associated with the polymer networks and encapsulated water droplets,and therefore the dielectric responses of the polarizable molecules in the polymer,water,and polymer-water interfaces are particularly attractive,where the properties of polymer-water interfacial molecules remain elusive.Different from extensive dielectric relaxation spectroscopy studies on polymer hydrogel solutions,in this work we investigate the dielectric response of chitosan hydrogels below the water solidifying point(ice-hydrogels)so that the contribution of chitosan-water interfacial molecules can be isolated.It is revealed that the chitosan-water interfacial polarizable molecules have slow dielectric relaxation but large polarization compared with the chitosan chains and water molecules,and the dielectric relaxations beyond~10^(4)Hz are substantially weak.The thermal activation energy of the dielectric relaxation for these interfacial polarizable molecules can be as large as 0.93 eV,i.e.89.73 kJ/mol.The present work provides a platform for characterizing the polymer-water electrostatic interactions and interfacial polarizable molecules,informative to understand the microstructure-property relationships of chitosan-based hydrogel materials.

Morphology-dependent space charge polarization and dielectric relaxation of CdO nanomorphotypes

A versatile approach signifying the morphology-dependent dielectric polarization and relaxation mechanisms of cadmium oxide(CdO)nanosphere,nanoflakes and nanoparallelepiped morphotypes as a function of frequency and temperature is presented.Variation of dielectric property is observed due to the changes of space charge/interfacial polarization resulting from the variations of surface to volume ratio of nanomorphology.Accordingly,colossal dielectric constant value has been observed in CdO nano-sphere having larger surface to volume ratio.The order of dielectric constant(dc)values observed for the present nanomorphologies is:dc of sphere>dc of flakes>dc of parallelepiped resembles the order of surface to volume ratios of the present morphologies respectively.The experimental data of complex impedance values are numerically fitted using theoretical models which provide the information of role of grain resistance on dielectric polarization and Cole–Cole type mechanism of dielectric relaxation process.The activation energies for electron transport are found to be 0.087 eV for spheres,0.074 eV for flakes and 0.067 for parallelepiped nanomorphotypes of CdO.The dielectric and impedance spectroscopic analysis of the present material opens up wide scope for morphology-dependent tuning of nanomaterials for electrical applications.

Dielectric relaxation behavior of SDS/β-CD organized self-assembly in dilute aqueous solution

Dielectric relaxation behavior of SDS/β-CD self-organized with mass concentrations from 1% to 7% was investigated. The phase microstructure of SDS/β-CD aqueous solution was confirmed by analyzing the dielectric parameters. The dielectric relaxation behavior was attributed to the interracial polarization between vesicle and medium, and the relaxation distribution parameter can indicate the shape transition from vesicles to microtubules with increasing concentration. Dielectric relaxation provided a new method to study surfactant organized self-assembly.

Medium effect on dielectric relaxation behaviors of 4A zeolite bulk dispersion system

Dielectric spectra of 4A zeolite particles bulked in deionized water（4A/W） or cyclohexane（4A/C） were measured respectively under different temperatures, and two dielectric relaxations were found in both of 4A/W and 4A/C. Because of existence of water molecules in pores, both low and high frequency relaxation times（t LFR and t HFR） of 4A/W decreased more sharply than 4A/C with increasing temperature.According to the temperature dependence of t LFR and t HFR, the activation energies of Na＋interacting with framework under hydrated and dehydrated environments were calculated respectively, and the original properties of Na＋in dehydrated zeolite were obtained by analyzing the dielectric properties of 4A/C.Furthermore, a transient state of Na＋motion with temperature was found in 4A/C system.

Pathophysiology of acute graft-versus-host disease from the perspective of hemodynamics determined by dielectric analysis

BACKGROUND Numerous reports have demonstrated that the pathophysiology of graft-versushost disease(GVHD)during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation(HSCT)is closely related to vascular endothelial disorders and coagulation abnormalities.We previously presented the discovery of a principle and the development of a novel instrument for measuring whole blood coagulation.This was achieved by assessing the variations in the dielectric properties of whole blood.AIM To investigate how GVHD affects the changes of dielectric properties of whole blood in patients with HSCT.METHODS We examined the changes of dielectric properties of whole blood and erythrocyte proteins by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis sequentially in patients with HSCT and compared it with clinical symptoms and inflammatory parameters of GVHD.RESULTS During severe GVHD,the dielectric relaxation strength markedly increased and expression of band3 decreased.The dielectric relaxation strength normalized with the improvement of GVHD.In vitro analysis confirmed that the increase of relaxation strength was associated with severe erythrocyte aggregates,but not with decreased expression of band3.CONCLUSION Severe erythrocyte aggregates observed in GVHD may cause coagulation abnormalities and circulatory failure,which,together with the irreversible erythrocyte dysfunction we recently reported,could lead to organ failure.

Dielectric relaxation in pure and Co-doped Bi_(12)GeO_(20) single crystals

We report the results of investigation of dielectric spectroscopy study of single crystals of Bi_(12)GeO_(20) and Bi_(12)GeO_(20) doped with Co nanoparticles.The complex dielectric constant was measured in the temperature interval from 5 to 450K and frequencies from 1Hz to 1MHz.The electrical conductivity of both samples was thermally activated with potential barriers of 0.55eV and 0.59eV,respectively.Doped samples had bigger complex dielectric constants and σ′ exhibited slightly steeper temperature dependence than in the pure sample.The dielectric relaxation was observed in pure and doped single crystals and relaxation frequencies showed similar activation energies as electrical conductivities.