GRC "Dielectric Phenomena" 1986

Monday, July 28

AM Session Chairperson: W. J. Sarjeant, University of Buffalo

“Monte Carlo Simulation of the Glass-to-Liquid Transition”,

L. Monnerie, ESPCI, France

“Physical Origin of Weibull’s Statistics in Breakdown”,

L. Dissado, King’s College, London

“Nonlinear Dielectric Effects”,

R. Fulton, Florida State University

PM Poster Session Chairperson: John Pochan, S. C. Johnson

Tuesday, July 29

AM Session Chairperson: Frank Karasz, University of Massachusetts

“Polarizabilities of Polymer Chains and Crystals”,

R. H. Boyd, University of Utah

“Comparison of Relaxation data on Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Glasses”,

S. Matsuoka, AT&T Bell Laboratories

“Dielectric Studies of Polymer Blends”,

W. J. MacKnight, University of Massachusetts

PM Session Chairperson: J. G. Powles, University of Kent, United Kingdom

“Fractal Dimension of Dielectric Breakdown Patterns”,

L. Pietronero, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

“Fractal Time-Analysis of Glassy Relaxation”,

J. Bendler, General Electric Company

Wednesday, July 30

AM Session Chairperson: Robert H. Cole, Brown University

“Time-Domain Dielectric Spectroscopy”,

B. Gestbloom, Uppsala University, Sweden

“New Experimental Methods for Dielectric Spectroscopy”,

R. Hayakawa, University of Tokyo, Japan

“Dynamic Dielectric Analysis of Reacting Systems”,

D. Kranbuehl, College of William and Mary

PM Session Chairperson: Eric. O. Forster

“Approach to Mechanisms of Water Treeing”,

M. T. Shaw, University of Connecticut

“Recent Experiments on Water Treeing in Dielectrics”,

J. Densley, National Research Council of Canada

Thursday, July 31

AM Session Chairperson: G. Williams, University College of Wales

“Hierarchies and Constraints in Glassy Relaxation”,

R. G. Palmer, Duke University

“A Coupling Model for Kohlrausch Relaxation in Dielectrics”,

R. W. Rendell, Naval Research Laboratory

“Dielectric Friction: Theory and Applications”,

D. Kivelson, University of California at Los Angeles

PM Session Chairperson: J. D. Hoffman, Michigan Molecular Institute

“Dielectric Properties of Water in Biological and Other Suspensions”,

K. R. Foster and C. Grosse, University of Pennsylvania

Friday, August 1

AM Session Chairperson: D. W. McCall, AT&T Bell Laboratories

“Holographic Measurements of Diffusion in Bulk Polymers”,

H. Sillescu, University Jakob-Welder-Weg

“Mechanical Versus Dielectric Relaxation in Ionic and Molecular Liquids”,

C. A. Angell, Purdue University

“Small Angle Neutron Scattering Measurements of Diffusion in Bulk Polymers”,

B. Crist, Northwestern University