2001: ESA Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2001

J. M. Crowley, Zaretsky, eds.

Covers presentations from the annual meeting of the Electrostatics Society of America held at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI June of 2001. Topics include: electrostatics in biological and medical systems, charge neutralization and dissipation, instrumentation, measurements and hazards, charging and electrical fields, electrostatic phenomena, processes and fabrication.

Keynote: An Electrostatics Quick-Start, Joseph M. Crowley, (Abstract only)

Electrostatic Charging and Particles

• JSC Mars-1 Martian Regolith Simulant Particle Charging Experiment in a Low Pressure Environment, Frank B. Gross, Sasha B. Grek, Carlos I. Calle and Rupert U. Lee
• Unipolar Tribocharging of Powder: Effects of Surface Contamination in the Work Function, S. Trigwell, C. Yurteri, R. Sharma, and M. K. Mazumder
• Effect of Amorphicity on the Triboelectrification of Lactose Powder, Matti Murtomaa, Pivi Harjunen, Velipekka Mellin, Vesa-Pekka Lehto and Ensio Laine
• Measuring Tribocharging Efficiency in Varying Atmospheric Humidioty and Nitrogen, Larry B. Levit and Wei Guan
• Orange Peel on Electrostatically Deposited Films: Electrostatics and Particle Size Effect, A. S. Biris, M. K. Mazumder, R. A. Sims, C. U. Yurteri, J. Snodgrass, S. De
• Determination of Powder Characteristics Important for Powder Coating of Foods, Sheryl A. Barringer and Neal Ricks

Charge Dissipation and Neutralization

• Charge Neutralization in Roll Processing with Virtual AC Ionization, Peter Gefter and Mark Blitshteyn
• Influence of Grounded Shields on Corona Charging Applicators, Charles G. Noll, Seth T. Ashman, Michael A. Catino, and Nathaniel R. Greene
• Anti-Decay Anomalies During Passive Relaxation, Thao Pham and T. S. Lee
• Effect of Processing on Electrical Resistivity of Textile Fibers, Pellumb G. Berberi
• Effect of Plasma Treatment on Surface Resistivity of Polymers, R. Sharma, S. Trigwell, R. A. Sims, M. K. Mazumder
• Use of Charge Decay Characteristics of Textile Materials for Qualitative Fiber Identification, Jose A. Gonzalez

Microscale Electrostatics: Biological and MEMS Applications

• Electrostatic Actuation in Microfluidics and Turbulence, George Karniadakis (Abstract only)
• Electrostatic Field Approximations and Implications for MEMS Devices, J. A. Pelesko
• Microscale Electrostatics In Cytokinesis Of Primitive Cells, L. John Gagliardi

Electrostatic Phenomena and Processes

• Cavity QED and the Leidenfrost Phenomenon, T. V. Prevenslik
• An Electrical Event Accompanying Drop Coalescence, Jeremy C. Ahern and W. Balachandran
• Electric Field Control of Hydrocarbon Flames, W. Balachandran, Z. Huneiti (Abstract only)
• Transient Control of Thermophysical Properties of Controllable Fluids Through the Application of Externally Applied Electric Fields, John R. Lloyd and Clark J. Radcliffe (Abstract only)
• Practical Use of Electrostatic Separators Recycling of Plastics, Petra Kober and Rainer Koehnlechner (Abstract only)
• New Charging Sytem for Low Cost Printer, R. W. Gundlach, A. Fornalik, and W. Mey (Abstract only)
• Dipole Moments of Gyricon Balls, Joseph M. Crowley, Nicholas K. Sheridon and Linda Romano
• Dynamic Self-Assembly of Rings of Charged Metallic Spheres, Bartosz A. Grzybowski, Jason A. Wiles, and George M. Whitesides (Abstract only)
• Patterning Electrons and Holes with 150 nm Resolution for Data Storage and Charged Based Printing, Heiko O. Jacobs, Jasmine Ng, George M. Whitesides (Abstract only)
• Effect of Plastic Deformation on Triboelectrification about Semiconductor, Hisashi Shio and Kohki Itoh (Abstract only)

Instrumentation, Measurement, and ESD

• The Foil-Leaf Electrometer Revisited: Can A MEMS Device Push? Mark N. Horenstein and Thomas B. Jones (Abstract only)
• A Simple Method for Range Switching of Electrostatic Fieldmeter , Mihai Antoniu1, Liviu Matei and Dumitru Munteanu
• An Electrostatic Voltmeter Using Optical Fiber, Mihai Antoniu, Dumitru Munteanu and Liviu Mate
• An Unexpected Failure Mode During Human Body Model ESD Testing, J. C. Bernier and T. H. Campbell
• Correlation of HBM (Human Body Model) MM (Machine Model) Ob tained between TLPG, Wafer-Level, and Package-Level Tests, Ming T. Lee, S. C. Huang, Kuo-Shiung Hsu and Yean-Kuen Fang
• A Novel Deep-Submicron ESD Design Margin with TLP Experimental Verification, Howard T. H. Tang, S. C. Huang, S. S. Chen, L. S. Huang, M. C. Wang, and M. C. Jeng
• A Mathematical Justification for the Simple HBC Model, Albert E. Seaver