All About Electrostatics

Books

Laplacian Press publishes new books on electrostatics and reprints the classics.

• A. D. Moore's Electrostatics: Exploring, Controlling, and Using Static Electricity. The classic introduction to static electricity; 2nd edition includes The Dirod Manual.
• Fundamentals of Applied Electrostatics by J. M. Crowley. The only textbook on using electrostatics, now in its 3rd printing.
• Electrophotography and Development Physics, 2nd ed., revised, Schein. The standard reference for laser printers and photocopiers.
• Electrets, 3rd edition, vol. 1 by G. Sessler. All the fundamentals of these important materials
• Electrets, 3rd edition, vol. 2 by R. Gerhard-Multhaupt. Expanding the coverage of electrets to include progress in the field.

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An even wider collection for information on electrostatics and related fields

Research News

Electricity from the sky?

In a lightning storm, it's always tempting to wonder if that energy could be captured and used. It turns out that it can, but the amount is so small that it isn't worth doing. A research paper presented to the Electrostatic Society of America describes how to capture energy from the fair-weather electric field in the air, and how it is limited by the circuit properties of the atmosphere.

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The Research page lets you browse and download selected journal articles covering new applications of electrostatics as well as enhancements to existing processes and devices in areas like printing and copying, ESD control, industrial processing, computer displays, spraying, and electrohydrodynamics