| Summary: | This book presents the current progress in searching and developing advanced dielectric materials towards high-performance electrostatic capacitors, as well as the basic principle in designing these materials. The focus of the material category in the book is polymer- and ceramic-based systems because they are currently the most pursued capacitor dielectrics on the market, and the main content of the book revolves around these two topics. The subject is elucidated from a materials science viewpoint by concentrating the discussion on the synthetic method and property- structure correlation. In addition to the experimental studies, chapters on the computational modelling are also included based on the consideration that this emerging method has proved efficient in the design and prediction of new dielectric materials, especially those occurring over the last decade. A comprehensive set of characterization techniques are introduced as a separate chapter to guide the evaluation of new dielectric materials prior to the commercialization efforts towards packaged capacitors. The book is designed to be self-contained for the purpose of guiding the development of novel capacitor dielectrics, which should be of use to graduate students, as well as scientists in both industry and academia.
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