Polymers for Electricity and Electronics

Jiri George Drobny is the President of Drobny Polymer Associates as well as a consulting chemical engineer, technical translator, and educator. He is the author of four books on high performance polymers and has four issued U.S. patents in the fields of fluoropolymers and the radiation processing of elastomers.

• PREFACE xvii 1 INTRODUCTION 11.1 Electric Charge 31.2 Coulomb's Law 61.3 Conductors and Insulators 71.4 Capacitors 71.5 Dielectrics and Capacitance 81.6 Dielectric Polarizability 121.7 Voltage 151.8 Electric Currents 161.9 Resistance and Resistivity 171.10 Ohm's Law 191.11 Semiconductors 191.12 Superconductivity and Superconductors 201.13 Piezoelectricity 211.14 Pyroelectricity 211.15 Ferroelectricity 221.16 Methods for Generating Electric Energy 222 POLYMERIC MATERIALS 272.1 Introduction 272.2 Polymerization / 332.3 Molecular Weights and Molecular Weight Distributions 342.4 Configuration 362.5 Glass Transition Temperature and Melting Temperature 382.6 Solutions of Polymers 422.7 Polymer Compatibility 472.8 Deformation Behavior 472.9 Polymeric Foams 552.10 Liquid Crystals 562.11 Nanocomposites 592.12 Commercial Polymers 602.13 General Technological Characteristics of Polymers 902.14 Processing of Polymers 962.15 Adhesion and Adhesives 1143 POLYMERS AS ELECTRICAL INSULATORS 1343.1 Dielectric Constants of Polymers 1353.2 Dielectric Relaxation 1403.3 Tangent of the Dielectric Loss Angle 1433.4 Dielectric Breakdown of Polymers 1473.5 Static Charges 1594 SPECIALTY POLYMERS 1724.1 Intrinsically Conductive Polymers 1724.2 Ferroelectric Polymers 1804.3 Thermotropic Liquid-Crystal Polymers 1854.4 Ionomers 1865 COMMERCIAL POLYMERS USED IN PRACTICAL ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS 1935.1 Polymeric Materials Used As Insulators 1935.2 Wire and Cable Technology 2055.3 Other Applications of Polymers and Polymeric Systems 2456 APPLICATIONS OF SPECIALTY POLYMERS 2536.1 Applications of Conjugated Polymers 2536.2 Applications of Ferroelectric Polymers 2586.3 Applications of Liquid-Crystal Polymers 2596.4 Applications of Ionomers 2616.5 Lithium Ion Polymer Batteries 2657 TESTING OF ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS 2697.1 Introduction 2697.2 Individual Tests of Electrical Properties 2718 CURRENT TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS 2808.1 Molecular Electronics 2818.2 Intelligent Material Systems 2818.3 Other Developments and Trends 282Further Readings 286APPENDIX I TYPICAL VALUES OF ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF SELECTED POLYMERS 289APPENDIX II ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES, ASTM TEST METHODS, AND SPECIFICATIONS 292APPENDIX III BASIC ELECTRICAL TESTS: ASTM AND CORRESPONDING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS 294APPENDIX IV NOBEL PRIZE 2000 FOR CHEMISTRY, TITLE PAGE 295ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 297GLOSSARY 304BIBLIOGRAPHY 314INDEX 317

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