Liquid State Electronics of Insulating Liquids

In Liquid State Electronics of Insulating Liquids, one of the worlds leading experts in dielectric liquids discusses the theoretical basis and the experiments on electronic conduction in nonpolar liquids. This book provides a sound description of the concepts involved in electronic and ionic charge transport in these liquids. It also includes experimental techniques that graduate students, university researchers, and laboratory scientists will all find useful. Data tables provide first-order information on the magnitude of relevant quantities.

Under certain conditions, liquids that usually do not conduct electrical currents become conductors, a phenomenon that is of interest to scientists in several different fields. In Liquid State Electronics of Insulating Liquids, one of the world's leading experts in dielectric liquids discusses the theoretical basis and the experiments on electronic conduction in nonpolar liquids. It provides a sound description of the concepts involved in electronic and ionic charge transport in these liquids. This text also includes experimental techniques that graduate students, university researchers, and laboratory scientists will all find useful. Data tables provide first-order information on the magnitude of relevant quantities.

IntroductionPhysical and Chemical Properties of Nonpolar LiquidsThe Electronic Band ModelElectron StatisticsElectronic Carrier TransportThe Liquid StateThe Liquid StructureDielectric PropertiesThermophysical PropertiesProduction and Purification of LiquidsChemical StructureMeasurement MethodsIntroductionInjection and Emission of Electrons, Holes, or IonsClearing Field MethodsAC ConductivityTime-Resolved Conductivity MethodsMeasurement of Hall MobilityOptical AbsorptionElectron AvalanchesBreakdown MeasurementsElectron PulsesSignal ProcessingMeasurement CellsTransport Properties of Charge CarriersElectron Drift MobilityHall MobilityPositive Hole TransportIon MobilityCharge Carrier RecombinationElectron Attachment and DetachmentPositive Charge TransferPhotodetachment from Negative Ions and Photo-Assisted Electron DiffusionOptical Absorption of Localized Electrons and of CationsGeminate Electron/Ion RecombinationPhenomenological Theory of Electron TransportPhotoconductivitySingle Photon-Induced Conductivity in Pure LiquidsSingle Photon Ionization of Solutes in Nonpolar LiquidsMultiphoton EffectsOnsager TheoryRadiation-Induced ConductivityHigh Energy Radiation and MatterLow Field ConductivityHigh Field ConductivityConductivity Induced by High LET ParticlesMulti-Ion Pair TheoriesFree Ion Yield, Low LETLET DependencePositrons and PositroniumCharge Transfer at InterfacesIntroductionPhotoelectric Effect in Nonpolar LiquidsRanges of Photoinjected ElectronsPhotoinduced Injection of Positive Charge CarriersElectron Emission from LiquidsField Emission of Electrons and Field IonizationEffects of Injection Currents2D ElectronsV0 ValuesModels of Electron Energetics and DynamicsModels of Electron TransportElectron Bubbles in Cryogenic LiquidsHole TransportHot ElectronsThermalization Times of Hot ElectronsConduction Band Energy V0Ionic PolarizationIon MobilityElectric BreakdownIntroductionElectron AvalanchesHigh Field ConductionDC BreakdownImpulse BreakdownLaser-Induced BreakdownLiquid Ionization DetectorsLiquid Ionization ChambersElectron Pulse ChambersImaging DevicesLiquid PhotocathodesScintillationLarge Volume DetectorsElectron Lifetime MeasurementsPositive Ions and High Radiation DoseRadiation HardnessNonpolar SolidsSolid Rare Gases and Simple Cryogenic Molecular SolidsOrganic SolidsPolymersConcluding RemarksIndex

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