In this Special Issue of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION (TDEI) on Electrets and Related Phenomena, we have assembled a total of 14 invited and contributed papers that were mostly presented at the IEEE 18th International Symposium on Electrets (ISE18). ISE is the premier IEEE-sponsored conference on electrets under the auspices of the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS) since 1985. Its predecessors had been held since 1967 under different umbrellas such as the Electro-Chemical Society (ECS), as well as Brazilian and Japanese scientific organizations. The ISE symposia provide a unique meeting opportunity for scientists and engineers from all over the world working in the field of condensed-matter physics and chemistry, electrical engineering and materials science. ISE18 was held on September 24–28, 2021, and hosted by Tongji University, with additional support from the Electrostatics Committee of the Chinese Society of Physics, the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences–Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Fudan University, and the East China University of Science and Technology.

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编辑驻极体和相关现象

在本期 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS and ELECTRICAL INSULATION (TDEI) 关于驻极体和相关现象的特刊中，我们汇集了 14 篇受邀和贡献的论文，这些论文主要在 IEEE 第 18 届国际驻极体研讨会 (ISE18) 上发表。ISE 是自 1985 年以来在 IEEE 电介质和电气绝缘学会 (DEIS) 的主持下由 IEEE 赞助的首屈一指的驻极体会议。其前身自 1967 年以来一直在不同的伞下举行，例如电化学学会 (ECS)，以及作为巴西和日本的科学组织。ISE 研讨会为来自世界各地从事凝聚态物理和化学、电气工程和材料科学领域的科学家和工程师提供了独特的会议机会。ISE18 于 9 月 24-28 日举行，