Electrical Measurements: Introduction, Concepts and Applications

$275.00

Manuel Pedro Fernandes Graça (Editor)
Physics Department & I3N, University Of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal

Series: Electrical Engineering Developments
BISAC: TEC007000

This book, which is divided into twelve chapters, aims to present the reader with an introduction to the electrical characterization of materials, specifically solid materials. In this book, the reader will find both theoretical and experimental concepts of some methods that can be used to know and understand physically the electrical response of different materials.

In this project, a theoretical scan is made of several experimental techniques that characterize materials at the level of dc and ac conductivity. In ac conductivity, several approaches are presented from techniques in the low frequency regime (i.e., in the range of the radio frequencies) up to the regime of higher frequencies (i.e., in the range of microwaves). An introductory analysis of dielectric relaxation phenomena through the impedance spectroscopy as well as the phenomena of thermally stimulated polarization and depolarization are discussed.

In preparing this book, each contributor was asked to present in the end of each chapter a small, but specific case study, with the purpose of facilitating the transposition of the methods and theories presented for a real case. This approach is a valuable part of this book, which includes analyses of different types of materials with structures, forms and electrical responses, from glasses, ceramics, and biomaterials to photoactive materials with potential use in photovoltaic cells. (Imprint: Nova)

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Frequently Used Techniques for Electrical Resistivity Measurements (pp. 1-36)
B.M.G. Melo and M.P.F. Graça

Chapter 2. Acquisition System Measurements at Low Frequency Applied in Ferrites (pp. 37-68)
Sílvia Soreto Teixeira, Susana Devesa, Manuel Pedro Graça, and Luís Cadillon Costa

Chapter 3. Design, Characterization and Test Performances of a Resonant Cavity for Complex Permittivity Measurements Using the Small Perturbation Technique (pp. 69-90)
S. Devesa, S. Soreto Teixeira, M.P.F. Graça, and L.C. Costa

Chapter 4. The Use of Cylindrical DRA for Electrical Analysis (pp. 91-110)
A. J. M. Sales, R. G. M. Oliveira, H. O. Rodrigues, J. P. C. Nascimento, A. S. B. Sombra

Chapter 5. Thermally Stimulated Depolarization and Polarization Currents (pp. 111-138)
P.R. Prezas and M.P.F. Graça

Chapter 6. A Fast Algorithm for the Theoretical Analysis of Impedance Spectroscopy Data (pp. 139-150)
M.P.F. Graça and M.A. Valente

Chapter 7. Impedance Spectroscopy of Thin Film Solar Cells (pp. 151-182)
P. A. Fernandes and P. M. P. Salomé

Chapter 8. A Theoretical Model Relating to the Chemical and Electrical Power in a Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) (pp. 183-198)
Francisco Marcone Lima,Vanja Fontenele Nunes, Francisco Nivaldo Aguiar Freire, and Ana Fabíola Leite Almeida

Chapter 9. Thermoelectric Materials and the Measurement of Their Electrical Properties (pp. 199-224)
F. Amaral, N. M. Ferreira, and A. V. Kovalevsky

Chapter 10. Electrical Response of Magnetoelectric Multiferroic Oxides (pp. 225-274)
E.Venkata Ramana, N.V.Prasad, M.P.F.Graça and M.A.Valente

Chapter 11. Electrical, Structural and In-Vivo Analysis of Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite Powders and Composites (pp. 275-294)
C.C. Silva, M.P.F. Graça and A.S.B. Sombra

Chapter 12. Synthesis, Structural and Electrical Properties of the 45S5 Bioglass® (pp. 295-320)
S.R. Gavinho, P.R. Prezas, and M.P.F. Graça

About the Editor (pp. 321-322)

Index (pp. 323)

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