# Dieletric on Capacitors circuitikz

How can i fill the interior of a capacitor and label it using a greek letter in order to represent a dieletric inside the capacitor?

## My Code:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{circuitikz}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[h!]

\begin{center}

\begin{circuitikz}

\draw (0,0)

to[battery1,v=$\epsilon$] (0,2) % The voltage source
to[short] (2,2)
to[C=$C_1$] (2,0) % The resistor
to[short](4,0)
to[C=$C_2$](4,2)
to[short] (2,2);
\draw(2,0)
to[short](0,0);
\end{circuitikz}
\caption{My first circuit.}
\end{center}
end{figure}

\end{document}

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You can use the name key to give the element a name that can then be used to perform actions (for example, filling or adding labels) using some anchors:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{circuitikz}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\centering
\begin{circuitikz}
\draw (0,0)
to[battery1,v=$\epsilon$] (0,2) % The voltage source
to[short] (2,2)
to[C=$C_1$,name=a] (2,0) % The resistor
to[short](4,0)
to[C=$C_2$,name=b](4,2)
to[short] (2,2);
\draw(2,0)
to[short](0,0);
\fill[fill=orange!40]
([yshift=\pgflinewidth]a.se)
rectangle
([yshift=-\pgflinewidth]a.nw);
\node at (a.center) {$\scriptstyle\alpha$};
\fill[fill=cyan!40]
([yshift=-\pgflinewidth]b.se)
rectangle
([yshift=\pgflinewidth]b.nw);
\node[label={60:$\scriptstyle\beta$}] at (b.center) {};
\end{circuitikz}
\caption{My first circuit.}
\end{figure}

\end{document}


The result:

## Remarks

• I changed the center environment to the \centering switch inside figure to avoid adding extra vertical space.

• !h as placement specifier for a float is a recipe for disaster; use a less restrictive option or, better yet, none at all.

• In the circuitikz implementation for bipoles, se is the chosen designation for the south east anchor, and nw is the one for the north west anchor. The shifts are needed to avoid the filling erasing half of the lines forming the capacitor.