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Nanofillers play a significant role in dielectric breakdown of electrical insulation of high voltage apparatus and high-field electronic devices. This chapter is aiming at clear explanation of effects of nanofillers in polymer nanocomposites, which covers pivotal issues from theories to engineering concepts of dielectric breakdown. It deals with classical theories of dielectric breakdown and effects of nanofiller inclusion into engineering polymers on their short- and long-time breakdown phenomena. Since it was confirmed that nanofillers play a predominantly positive role to suppress tree growth, i.e., extension of insulation lifetime, some detailed description is made and new mechanisms are proposed.
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Tanaka, T. (2016). Dielectric Breakdown in Polymer Nanocomposites. In: Huang, X., Zhi, C. (eds) Polymer Nanocomposites. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28238-1_5
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