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Dielectric measurements were carried out for polystyrene microcapsules which were prepared by means of an interfacial polymer deposition technique. The microcapsules showed a couple of dielectric relaxations termedP for lower andQ for higher frequencies. The frequency profiles were characteristic of the structure that shelled spheres were dispersed in a continuous medium. Gelatin aqueous solutions, cationic polyelectrolyte solutions and distilled water were loaded in the capsule interior to examine the effect of conductivities of the constituent aqueous phases on the dielectric properties. Relaxation frequencies of the relaxationsP andQ observed were directly proportional to the conductivities of the continuous medium and of the capsule interior, respectively. A dielectric theory was proposed for a suspension of shelled spheres in a continuous phase in order to analyze the relaxation data observed for the microcapsules. Volume fraction of the capsules, relative permittivity and conductivity of the capsule interior and thickness of the capsule wall are evaluated from the dielectric observations by use of the theoretical formulas derived. The dielectric behavior observed for the polystyrene microcapsules are interpreted quantitatively in terms of the dielectric theory proposed.
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Zhang, H.Z., Sekine, K., Hanai, T. et al. Dielectric observations on polystyrene microcapsules and the theoretical analysis with reference to interfacial polarization. Colloid & Polymer Sci 261, 381–389 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01418210
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