Title : 
Finite Element Modeling of Effective Dielectric Response and Dielectric Tunability in Ferroelectric Composite Materials
         
        
            Author : 
Zhou, Kai ; Boggs, Steven A. ; Alpay, S. Pamir
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Inst. of Mater. Sci., Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We have configured COMSOL Multiphysics to solve 2-D and 3-D transient non-linear electrostatic problems efficiently and have applied the program to model composite material consisting of Ba0.60Sr0.40TiO3 (BST 60/40) particles with field dependent dielectric response in a polymeric matrix. We use this methodology to analyze the overall dielectric response and dielectric tunability of these composites as a function of the volume fraction of BST.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Laplace equations; composite materials; ferroelectric materials; dielectric response; dielectric tunability; ferroelectric composite materials; finite element modeling; polymeric matrix; Anodes; Composite materials; Dielectrics; Electrodes; Ferroelectric materials; Finite element methods; Numerical simulation; Polyethylene; Space charge; Stress;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, 2008. CEIDP 2008. Annual Report Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Quebec, QC
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2548-8
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2549-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CEIDP.2008.4772891