Frequency domain dielectric polarization, time-dependent

This chapter concentrates on the results of DS study of the structure, dynamics, and macroscopic behavior of complex materials. First, we present an introduction to the basic concepts of dielectric polarization in static and time-dependent fields, before the dielectric spectroscopy technique itself is reviewed for both frequency and time domains. This part has three sections, namely, broadband dielectric spectroscopy, time-domain dielectric spectroscopy, and a section where different aspects of data treatment and fitting routines are discussed in detail. Then, some examples of dielectric responses observed in various disordered materials are presented. Finally, we will consider the experimental evidence of non-Debye dielectric responses in several complex disordered systems such as microemulsions, porous glasses, porous silicon, H-bonding liquids, aqueous solutions of polymers, and composite materials. 

The polarizability of the individnal molecules is also frequency dependent, but the characteristic values are of the order of lO Vs and lO Vs for the rotational and electronic polarization, respectively. " Therefore, in the typical frequency domain for investigation of dispersions (1/s < co < 10 /s) the polarizability, e, of the material building up the particles is frequency independent. On the other hand, the disperse medium (which is usually an electrolyte solution) has a dielectric permittivity, Ej, for which the freqnency dependence can be described by the Debye-Falkenhagen theory. Besides, the characteristic relaxation time of the bulk electrolyte solutions is also given by Eqnation 5.385. ... 

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