Published April 21, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Dielectric dependence of field-induced interspherical force

  • 1. Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong (China)

Description

The influence of the dielectric properties of spheres on the field-induced interspherical force is reported. We found that a higher dielectric constant gives rise to stronger interaction forces between dielectric spheres in a pair of barium titanate spheres at the Curie temperature where the abnormal dielectric property exists. The experiment indicates that, at the Curie temperature, there is an obvious peak in the interaction force due solely to the changes in the dielectric constant. In addition to the sphere's dielectric property, the dielectric property of the surrounding medium is a critical parameter associated with the interaction force between dielectric spheres. In addition, the interaction force is dependent on the frequency of the electric field

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0022-3727/38/1325/d5_8_034.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics (ISSN 1361-6463) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 1325-1329
ISSN
0022-3727
CODEN
JPAPBE