2003: Proceedings of the ESA-IEEE Joint Meeting on Electrostatics, 2003, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas

Joseph M. Crowley, Mark N. Horenstein, Toshiaki Yamamoto, Malay Mazumder, eds.

This was the first joint meeting of the Electrostatics Society and the IEEE-IAS Electrostatics Section. The three day symposium covered all topics related to the field of electrostatics. Please see list below for the papers presented.

List of Contents

Topics in the Spirit of James R. Melcher

• Electrostatic assist for coating: the effect on surface resistivity, Mark Zaretsky, Steven A. Billow, and Roger A. Whitney
• Stability of electrohydrodynamic induction pumping of liquid film in vertical and horizontal annular configuration, Salem Ahmed Aldini and Jamal Seyed-Yagoobi
• Electrostatic sprays for sunless tanning of the human body, Steven Cooper and S. Edward Law
• DEP droplet actuator and mixer on a heat-conducting substrate, Masahide Gunji and Masao Washizu
• Electrohydrodynamic nanospray production using drawn glass capillaries, Jeremy Ahern and Wamadeva Balachandran
• Electrostatic ignition hazards in motor cars--occurrence, detection and avoidance, Ulrich von Pidoll
• Embedded electrostatic sensors for Mars exploration missions, C. I. Calle, J. G. Mantovani, C. R. Buhler, E. E. Groop, M. G. Buehler,
  and A. W. Nowicki

Charges and Discharges

• Simulation of corona discharge in point-plane configuration, Kazimir Adamiak and Pierre Atten
• Organic dye removal from aqueous solution by glidarc discharges, Radu Burlica, Michael J. Kirkpatrick, Wright C. Finney, Ronald J. Clark, and Bruce R. Locke
• Robust control of electrostatic separation processes, L. Dascalescu, A. Samuila, A. Mihalcioiu, S. Bente, and A. Tilmatine
• Investigation of indirect ESD for a three body problem, Willian D. Greason
• Influence of operation conditions on corona discharge in new type of
  electrostatic collector of sub micron particles, A. M. Bologa, H.-R. Paur, H. S., and T. Wäscher
• Effect of a corona discharge on a plane mixing layer, Alexandre Labergue, Luc Leger, Eric Moreau, Gerard Touchard, and
  Jean-Paul Bonnet
• Equivalent circuits for air ionizers used in static control, Joseph M. Crowley, Dennis Leri, Geoffrey A. Dahlhoff, and Larry Levit
• Water vapor removal system (WVRS), Stuart Hoenig

   

Applications of Electrostatics

• Solar panel obscuration in the dusty atmosphere of Mar,M. K. Mazumder, A. S. Biris, S. Trigwell, R. A. Sims, C. I. Calle, and C. R. Buhler
• Portable apparatus for evaluating electric loads on objects, Gheorghe Marin, Ioan V. Ioniscu, and Gheorghe C. Olteanu
• Partial charge transfer at fixed gap ESD, Masamitsu Honda
• Dielectrophoretic dehumidification of gas stream in low and moderate electrical fields, Michael A.Reznikov
• Development of a portable electrostatic charge separator, P. K. Srirama, R. A. Sims, A. S. Biris, J. D. Wilson, and M. K. Mazumder
• Electrostatic discharge between a grounded sphere and an array of charged rod electrodes, Toshiyuki Sugimoto, Koichiro Chiba and Yoshio Higashiyama
• The effect of electric field strength on the induction charge of freely levitating particles, Y. Wu, G. S. P. Castle, I. I. Inculet, S. Petigny, and G. Swei

Electrostatics in Biology and Chemistry

• Electrostatic considerations in nuclear envelope breakdown and reassembl, L. John Gagliardi
• Numerical modelling of inhaled charged aerosol deposition in human airways, Diew Koolpiruck, Simant Prokoonwit, and Wemadeva Balachandran
• Numerical modelling of electrohydrodynamic-assisted miniature-fluidic reactors for DNA analysis on a chip,Jafar Madadnia, Homa Koosha, and W. Balachandran
• Organisation of particle sub-populations using dielectrophoretic force, Beresford Malyan, J. Kulon, and W. Balachandran
• Nanosecond MOSFET high voltage pulsers for biological applications,a simulation study, Raji Sundararajan, Esaki Soundarajan, Jin Shao, James Gonzales and George Karady
• Enrichment and recovery of biological cells using a dielectrophoretic filter, Guangbin Zhou, Manubu Imamura, Junya Suehiro, and Masanori Hara
• Method for electrostatic atomization of emulsions, Jareer Abu-Ali and Sheryl Barringer
• 3D simulation of travelling wave dielectrophoretic force on particles, B. Malnar, W. Balachandran, F. Cecelja

Non-Thermal Plasmas

• Wide range two-dimensional imaging of NO density profiles by LIF technique in a corona radical shower reactor, Seiji Kanazawa, Tomoyoshi Sumi, Naruaki Sato, Toshikazu Ohkubo, Yukiharu Nomoto, Jefzy Mizeraczyk, and Jen-Shih Chang
• Comparative assessment of different non-thermal plasma reactors on energy efficiency and aerosol formation from the decomposition of gas-phase benzene, Hyun-Ha Kim, Hitomi Kabara, Atsushi Ogata, and Shigeru Futamura
• Effects of reactor type and voltage properties in fuel reforming with nonthermal plasma, Shigeru Futamura and Hajime Kabashima
• VOCs decomposition by the non-thermal plasma process--direct and indirect process, Tetsuji Oda
• Low temperature soot incineration of DPF using nonthermal plasma induced radical injection, Masaaki Okubo, Tomoyuki Kuroki, Yukio Miyairi, and Toshiaki Yamamoto
• Reactive flow analysis of nonthermal plasma in a cylindrical reactor, Takehiko Sato, Dai Ito and Hideya Nishsiyama
• Flow visualization and current distributions for a corona radical shower reacto, Seishu Shimamoto, Seiji Kanazawa, Toshikazu Ohkubo, Yukiharu Nomoto, Jerzy Mizeraczyk, and Jen-Shih Chang

Materials and Processes

• Insulator­insulator contact charging and its relationship to atmospheric pressure, M. D. Hogue, C. R. Buhler, Carlos I. Calle, T. Matsuyama, W. Lui, and E. E. Groop
• Surface modification of polymer powders using inert plasma and physisorption for controlling tribocharging characteristics, R. Sharma, S. Trigwell, M. K. Mazumder, and R. A. Sims
• Temperature dependence of high ionic conductivity of new polymer complex films, Yoshiro Tajitsu
• Surface charge characterization of plasma modified polystyrene microspheres, S. Trigwell, R. Sharma, J. Moskito, and M. K. Mazumder
• Effect of process and product parameters on high voltage fast pulse measurements, F. P. E. Cortes, A. H. El-Hag, S. H. Jayaram, C. Leibovitch, and R. J. Wong
• Switching synchronization of an IGBT stack for a HV pulse power
  generator, Norbert Grass and Werner Hartmann

Poster Papers

• Contact charging of solution cast polymers by metals, A. R. Akande
• A capacitive angular speed sensor with electret, Mihai Antoniu, Angela Antoniu, Cristian Fosalau, and Liviu Matei
• Experiences at the measurements of packaging for electonic devices according to the new standard EN 61340-5-1, Hartmut Berndt
• Gold nanoparticles generation by ion-bombardment technique, A. S. Biris, M. K. Mazumder, R. A. Sims, D. A. Buzatu, and R. H. Mehta
• Optimization of electroporation waveforms, Steven Boggs and Shesha Jayaram
• Chemical breakdown due to low electrical breakdown in a martian gas atmosphere, Charles R. Buhler and Carlos I. Calle
• Work function and ionization potential calculations for carbon nanotubes and their relation to fabrication methods, D. A. Buzatu, A. S. Biris, J. A. Darsey, A. R. Biris, D. Lupu, and M. K. Mazumder
• Numerical modeling of combined corona-electrostatic fields, Armand Caron and Lucian Dascalescu
• A statistical model for analyzing a faraday cage effect in powder coating applications, S. De, A. Johnson, A. S. Biris, R. A. Sims, and M. K. Mazumder
• Investigation of ESD current and induced voltage for different ESD simulators, Jiusheng Huang, David Pommerenke, Kai Wang, and Ramachandran Chundru
• Low ripple compact high voltage DC power supply, Francis Hwang, Ying Shen, and Shesha Jayaram
• Effect of cross irradiation of acoustic standing wave field on NO removal by barrier discharge, Shunsuke Iwasaki, Yoshiyasu Ehara, Haruo Kishida, and Tairo Ito
• Relation between discharge current and radiated fields at small air gap discharge, Shirou Koike, Yutaka Soda, Masamitsu Honda
• Induction in a dynamic faraday cup, Zdenek Kucerovsky
• Effect of frequency for inductively coupled plasma on CF4 decomposition, Tomoyuki Kuroki, Junko Mine, Masaaki Okubo, Toshiaki Yamamoto, and Noburu Saeki
• Coating of material surface with dielectric particle chains, Guofeng Li
• Measurements of the dielectric properties of granular materials, J. G. Mantovani and Carlos I. Calle
• The influence of the corona electrode geometry on the stage dimensions in the spraying process in electrostatic field, Gheorghe Marin, Ioan V. Ionescu, Gheorghe C. Olteaunu
• Thermal conductivity of silicone rubber filled with ATH or silica, L. Meyer, V. Grishkko, Shesha Jayaram, H. Cherney, W. W. Duley
• Electrical tree and impulse breakdown phenomena of biodegradable polylactic acid film, Takashi Nakagawa, Takuo Nakiri, Ryuichi Hosoya, and Yoshiro Tajitsu
• Construction and commission of a 35 cm diameter insulating fluidized bed, Charles G. Noll, Sean M. Pursel, and Nathaniel R. Greene
• Initial stages of corona-induced wear of copper emitters, Charles G. Noll, Sean P. McBride, and James M. Hetrick
• Power supply for pulsed power plasma applications, Maciej Noras
• Sprites and the oxidation of the atmosphere on the early earth, Thomas V. Prevenslik
• Generation of test aerosols for drug delivery studies, Divey Saini, P. K. Srirama, R. A. Sims, and M. K. Mazumder
• Optimisation of corona electrode position in roll-type electrostatic separators, Adrian Samuila, Alin Urs, Alexandru Iuga, Roman Morar, Florin Arnan, and Lucian Dascalescu
• Effect of a time varying electric field on the charge transport equation, Albert E. Seaver
• New concepts in electrostatic energy conversion, Himanshu Sheth
• Development of a transparent self-cleaning dust shield for solar panels, R. A. Sims, A. S. Biris, J. D. Wilson, C. U. Yurteri, M. K. Mazumder, C. I. Calle, and C. R. Buhler
• Computational modeling of a unipolar corona discharge by ANSYS package, Yu. K. Stishkov, A. V. Buyanov, I. A. Elagin, M. A. Pavleyno, and A. A. Statuya
• Performance of solid state short pulse generators for biological applications, Raji Sundararajan and James Gonzales
• Peaking capacitors in reducing rise times of high voltage nanosecond pulses, Raji Sundararajan, G. R. Nagabhushana, N. K. Kishore, and Esaki Soundarajan
• Aluminum surface treatment using plasma-assisted dry chemical process, Toshiaki Yamamoto, Atsuhito Yoshizaki, Tomoyuki Kuroki, and Masaaki
  Okubo
• Full bridge inverter for silent dischrage ozone generator, Vahid Zahedzadeh, Mahdi Akbari, and Saeed Shirmohammadzadeh