Nano- and microcomposites for electrical engineering applications / / edited by Frank Wiesbrock.

• TeilnehmendeR: Wiesbrock, Frank,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel, Switzerland : : MDPI,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (302 pages)

In a dedicated Special Issue, the journal Polymers has compiled papers on the current trends and research directions within the preparation, characterization and application of polymer-based composite materials in electrical engineering applications. In recent times, this type of material has evolved to become one of the most thoroughly investigated materials, stimulated by the demand for the resource-efficient assembly of generators, transformers, communication devices, etc. Novel composites are to be used as insulating materials with high thermal conductivity and excellent temperature stability, through which premature ageing and degradation of devices shall be avoided or at least reduced. This Special Issue comprises twelve contributions by internationally renowned researchers; to mention Petru V. Nothinger (University Politehnica of Bucharest), Alun S. Vaughan (University of Southampton), Stanislaw M. Gubanski (Chalmers University of Technology), Michael Muhr (Graz University of Technology), Johan J. Smit (TU Delft), and Ulf W. Gedde (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) as prominent examples. The state-of-the-art research and technology of the area 'micro- and nanocomposites for electrical engineering applications' has been summarized in three review articles, while the current research trends and the development and characterization of novel materials have been described in eight original research articles. Stimulated by the vivid current interest in this topic, this Special Issue of Polymers has additionally been compiled in a book version.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors -- About the Guest Editor -- Preface to "Interdisciplinary Approaches towards Materials with Enhanced Properties for Electrical Engineering" -- Properties of Polymer Composites Used in High-Voltage Applications -- Mechanical Properties of Composites Used in High-Voltage Applications -- Mica/Epoxy-Composites in the Electrical Industry: Applications, Composites for Insulation, and Investigations on Failure Mechanisms for Prospective Optimizations -- The Effects of in Situ-Formed Silver Nanoparticles on the Electrical Properties of Epoxy Resin Filled with Silver Nanowires -- On the Effect of Nanoparticle Surface Chemistry on the Electrical Characteristics of Epoxy-Based Nanocomposites -- Charge Transport in LDPE Nanocomposites Part I-Experimental Approach -- Charge Transport in LDPE Nanocomposites Part II-Computational Approach -- Crosslinked Poly(2-oxazoline)s as "Green" Materials for Electronic Applications -- Preparation of Highly Dispersed Reduced Graphene Oxide Modified with Carboxymethyl Chitosan for Highly Sensitive Detection of Trace Cu(II) in Water -- Dielectric Properties and Energy Storage Densities of Poly(vinylidenefluoride) Nanocomposite with Surface Hydroxylated Cube Shaped Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 Nanoparticles -- Structural and Spectroscopic Characterization of A Nanosized Sulfated TiO2 Filler and of Nanocomposite Nafion Membranes.