Nanodielectrics: opportunities and challenges

Author

Lau, K.Y. ; Vaughan, A.S. ; Chen, G.

Author_Institution

Inst. of High Voltage & High Current, Univ. Teknol. Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Volume

31

Issue

4

fYear

2015

fDate

July-August 2015

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

54

Abstract

Nanodielectrics, a nowadays popular term in the dielectrics community, has been the subject of intensive research over the past 10 years. In fact, the term “nanodielectrics” stems out of the field of polymer nanocomposites-an emerging field of nanotechnology. Whereas polymer nanocomposites concern polymers within which nanometer-sized fillers are homogeneously dispersed at just a few weight percentage (wt%), the term “nanometric dielectrics,” or “nanodielectrics”, refers to nanocomposites of specific interest in connection with their dielectric characteristics. Nevertheless, for the scope of HV electrical insulation research, the terms “nanocomposites” and “nanodielectrics” are used interchangeably to refer to polymer/ nanoparticle mixtures of dielectric interest.

Keywords

dielectric materials; nanocomposites; nanotechnology; polymers; HV electrical insulation; dielectrics community; nanodielectrics; nanometric dielectrics; nanotechnology; polymer nanocomposites; polymer/nanoparticle mixtures; Dielectric breakdown; Dielectrics; Insulation; Nanocomposites; Nanoscale devices; Polymers; Space charge; agglomeration; dielectric breakdown; dielectric response; interfaces; nanodielectrics; surface functionalization; water absorption;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electrical Insulation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0883-7554

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MEI.2015.7126073

Filename

7126073