Electrostatic Solutions Ltd

Good article from David Long

The ESD Flooring Myth That Sounds Correct (But Isn’t!) Recently, we were asked to supply a “dissipative” flooring system for an application where many experienced ESD practitioners would normally advocate for a much stronger electrical coupling to ground.

I found this on Youtube...

Tote static electricity fire Free falling flammable liquid into a poly tote creates a static charge that ignites causing a fire.

https://digital.incompliancemag.com/issue/june-2026/ground-and-grounding-in-electrostatic-control-programs/

Ground and Grounding in Electrostatic Control Programs Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is a significant concern in environments where sensitive electronic components or energetic materials are handled.

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. 

https://digital.incompliancemag.com/issue/november-2025/on-chip-esd-protection-for-multi%E2%80%91gbps-automotive-applications/

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.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/electrostatic-discharge-hi-systems-chimes-ikc-lhlke/?msgControlName=view_message_button&msgConversationId=2-YWVmZWZmZGEtMjQ5MC00OTE2LWEzYjUtZTQ3Y2U1Zjk2ZDNkXzEwMA%3D%3D&msgOverlay=true&trackingId=OwMk%2BUzpTEea7rncw5KLyw%3D%3D

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.

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.

www.sciencedirect.com

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

pdf.sciencedirectassets.com

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:

pdf.sciencedirectassets.com