Description
Multifunctional Polycrystalline Ferroelectric Materials, 2011
Processing and Properties
Springer Series in Materials Science Series, Vol. 140
Coordinators: Pardo Lorena, Ricote Jesús
Language: English
Subjects for Multifunctional Polycrystalline Ferroelectric Materials:
Keywords
Canopus; applications of ferroelectric ceramics; book on ferro-piezoelectric materials; book on ferroelectric materials; ferro-piezoelectric ceramic materials; ferro-piezoelectric ceramics; ferroelectric thin films; lead titanate based perovskite thin films; non-destructive testing; piezoelectric devices; piezoelectric materials explained; piezoelectric materials in devices; polarization reversal; polycrystalline ferroelectrics; preparation of nanostructured ceramics; processing of ferroelectric materials; properties of ferroelectric materials; pyroelectric effect; review on ferroelectric materials
Publication date: 11-2014
782 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 02-2011
782 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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This book presents selected topics on processing and properties of ferroelectric materials that are currently the focus of attention in scientific and technical research.
Ferro-piezoelectric ceramics are key materials in devices for many applications, such as automotive, healthcare and non-destructive testing. As they are polycrystalline, non-centrosymmetric materials, their piezoelectricity is induced by the so-called poling process. This is based on the principle of polarization reversal by the action of an electric field that characterizes the ferroelectric materials.
This book was born with the aim of increasing the awareness of the multifunctionality of ferroelectric materials among different communities, such as researchers, electronic engineers, end-users and manufacturers, working on and with ferro-piezoelectric ceramic materials and devices which are based on them.
The initiative to write this book comes from a well-establishedgroup of researchers at the Laboratories of Ferroelectric Materials, Materials Science Institute of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC). This group has been working in different areas concerning thin films and bulk ceramic materials since the mid-1980s. It is a partner of the Network of Excellence on Multifunctional and Integrated Piezoelectric Devices (MIND) of the EC, in which the European Institute of Piezoelectric Materials and Devices has its origin.
