Electrostatics and ESD training, consultancy and research
23/12/2025
The meaning - or lack of meaning - of "antistatic"!
What Does “Antistatic Material” Actually Mean? We sat down with ESD Expert Toni Viheriäkoski, Cascade Metrology, and Pasi Seppälä, Premix, who share their insights into terminology, performance, and the differences between temporary antistatic additives and permanent static control materials.
01/11/2025
On-Chip ESD Protection for Multi‑Gbps Automotive Applications The increasing demand for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in road vehicles is fueling the development of high-speed automotive serial links.
28/10/2025
Electrostatic Discharge in HI systems The cost of Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) in damaged electronic devices is estimated to be in Billions of Dollars. The loss increases as the complexity of the system grows.
20/10/2025
If you've recently started a career in Electrostatics or Dielectrics, this would be a great way to contact and network with others in the field in industry, research and acedemia.
Home - From Now to Next: Empowering Early Career Researchers The “Dielectrics and Electrostatics", “Printing and Graphic Science", and “Early Career Members” groups are organising a one-day event for PhD students and early career research fellows working in the fields of dielectrics, electrostatics, printing, graphic science, and related research area...
I was pleased to collaborate with Toni Viheriakoski and our co-workers on theis paper on "Investigating the human sensory threshold for electrostatic discharge using current waveform measurements", available for download for a short time here:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304388625001640?dgcid=coauthor
The study gave useful real data on the threshold of feeling and hearing electrostatic discharges in terms of energy, current, body voltage and other factors.
Dr Smallwood is pleased and honoured to be listed as co-author in Viheriaekoski's paper "Indoor air purification using electrostatic fields without traditional
air circulation" for Electrstatics 2025 and Journal of Electrostatics. It is available for limited time from
Dr Smallwood is pleased and honoured to be included as co-author in Ohsawa's new paper "Estimation of the charge density of a liquid from the surface potential of an
insulating container" for Electrostatics 2025 and Journal of Electrostics. For limited time it is available online from:
Dr Jeremy Smallwood has a new article published in Journal of Electrostatics on "Ignition risk due to electrostatic discharges obtained from small scoops". This can be downloaded until August 26th from this link:
Dr Jeremy Smallwood has a new article published in Journal of Electrostatics "ESD damage control in electronics industry". This is available to view and download for a limited time.
27/03/2025
A novel demonstration of electrostatic repulsion!
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1632195060989336
Now this is what a great teacher looks like! #memes #explore #reels
24/03/2025
Dr Jeremy Smallwood has a Chapter on "Future Electrostatic Technologies" now published in Chugg's book "New Waves in Electromagnetic Technology". My chapter deals mainly with electrostatics in healthcare.
The IET Shop - New Waves in Electromagnetic Technology This book concerns the future of electromagnetic technology. Internationally well-known contributors have provided deep technical reviews of the direction of new research in electromagnetics. They discuss how the technology is progressing and then predict developments and outcomes over the coming de...
19/12/2024
If like me you play around with measuring ESD, this is an interesting article.
Effect of High Voltage Pulses on Resistors - ESD and EFT - In Compliance Magazine Looking to replace hard-to-find carbon composition resistors? New research shows modern film resistors can handle extreme voltage pulses up to 10,000V without damage. See surprising test results comparing different resistor types for ESD and EFT applications.
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