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Impedance/Dielectric Spectroscopy of Electroceramics. Part 2: Grain Shape Effects and Local Properties of Polycrystalline Ceramics
Published
Author(s)
N Kidner, Z J. Homrighaus, B J. Ingram, T Mason, Edward Garboczi
Abstract
The reduction of grain size from the microcrystalline regime into the nanocrystalline regime is known to produce significant changes in the transport properties of polycrystalline ceramics. Part 1 of this series [1] described the development of a pixel-based finite-difference nested-cubed model (NCM), which was used to evaluate existing composite models for the electrical/dielectric properties of polycrystalline ceramics over the entire range of grain core vs. grain boundary volume fractions, from the nanocrystalline regime to the microcrystalline regime. Part 2 addresses grain shape and periodicity effects in such composite modeling, and the extraction of local materials properties (conductivity, dielectric constant) from experimental impedance/dielectric spectroscopy data.
Citation
To Be Determined
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
Brick Layer Model, dielectric, effective medium, impedance, Nested Cube Model
Kidner, N.
, Homrighaus, Z.
, Ingram, B.
, Mason, T.
and Garboczi, E.
(2021),
Impedance/Dielectric Spectroscopy of Electroceramics. Part 2: Grain Shape Effects and Local Properties of Polycrystalline Ceramics, To Be Determined
(Accessed October 10, 2025)