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Nanoparticle-Based High-k Dielectric Composites: Opportunities and Challenges
Nowadays high-k dielectrics are one of the very important materials for capacitors in modern electronics, requiring miniaturization, high...
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Pechini Processes: An Alternate Approach of the Sol-Gel Method, Preparation, Properties, and Applications
This chapter highlights a process related to the sol-gel route called “Pechini, or liquid-mix, process.” This process overcomes most of the...
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Synthesis and properties of La-doped PMN–PT transparent ferroelectric ceramics
Transparent ferroelectric ceramics 0.88Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3 )O 3 –0.12PbTiO 3 (0.88PMN–0.12PT) with different La-do** concentrations (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and...
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Materials that Move
Kinetic materials range from well-known shape memory alloys to more “exotic” materials such as ferrogels and shape memory ceramics. The common...
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Polymer Nanodielectrics: Current Accomplishments and Future Challenges for Electric Energy Storage
In response to the need for high energy density and low-loss film capacitors in various electrical and power applications, polymer nanocomposite...
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Relaxor behaviour and phase transition of perovskite ferroelectrics-type complex oxides (1–x)Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3–xCaTiO3 system
Polycrystalline powders of (1– x )Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 TiO 3 – x CaTiO 3 ((1– x )NBT– x CT, 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.55) have been synthesized by solid state route. The effects of...
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A multisource energy harvesting utilizing highly efficient ferroelectric PMN-PT single crystal
This paper demonstrates a multi-source energy harvester that is able to utilize simultaneously both piezoelectric and pyroelectric effects in lead...
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Magnetoelectric Effect in Single-Phase Multiferroic Materials
Recently, there has been an increasing interest in multiferroic compounds owing to the coexistence of different ferroic order parameters, suggesting...
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Semiconductor-Based Photocatalytic Systems for the Solar-Light-Driven Water Splitting and Hydrogen Evolution
The research and development of new technologies for the conversion and storage of inexhaustible solar light energy were boosted several decades ago...
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Effect of Cr2O3 modification on dielectric, ferroelectric and field-induced strain properties of 0.18Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–0.82Pb(Zr0.49Ti0.51)O3 ceramics
A systematic investigation was performed to study the effect of Cr 2 O 3 on dielectric, ferroelectric and field-induced strain properties of 0.18Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb...
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Synthesis, structural and dielectric properties of 0.8PMN–0.2PT relaxor ferroelectric ceramic
A 0.8PMN–0.2PT solid-solution ceramic was synthesized by columbite processing technique. The effects of sintering temperature on the density,...
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Improvement in dielectric, piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties of 0.64PMN–0.36PT ceramics by Sb modification
Pure and Sb-doped 0.64PMN–0.36PT (PMN–PT) ceramics near MPB have been prepared using columbite precursor technique. The effects of Sb-do** on...
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Diffusion of Ferroelectric Phase Transition and Glass-Dipole State in the PZT-Based Solid Solutions
The chapter covers the structural features and physical properties of ferroelectric ceramicsFerroelectric ceramics solid solutionsSolid...
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Hydrothermal synthesis of tetragonal phase BaTiO3 on carbon fiber with enhanced electromechanical coupling
Core–shell fibers utilizing carbon fiber as the load-bearing element and a functional shell are in the early stages of research and development, but...
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Dielectric, impedance and magneto-electric characteristics of Bi0.5Sr0.5Fe0.5Ce0.5O3 electronic material
In this communication, preliminary study of crystal data, micro- structure, and detailed studies of capacitive, resistive and magneto-electric...
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Less Common Nonferrous Metals
This chapter presents the history, natural occurrence, most common minerals and ores, extraction processes and industrial preparation, applications...
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Enhanced Magnetoelectric Coupling in Layered Structure of Piezoelectric Bimorph and Metallic Alloy
We have investigated the enhanced magnetoelectric (ME) coupling in a layered structure of piezoelectric bimorph and magnetostrictive metallic alloy....
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Phase Structures and Piezoelectric Properties of (K,Na,Li)(Nb,Sb)O3-(Bi,Ag)ZrO3 Lead-Free Ceramics
Samples in the pseudoternary lead-free piezoelectric ceramic system 0.94KNN-(0.06 − x )LiSbO 3 - x (Bi 0.5 Ag 0.5 )ZrO 3 were prepared using a solid-state...
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Effect of nano- and micron-sized K0.5Na0.5NbO3 fillers on the dielectric and piezoelectric properties of PVDF composites
Polymer nanocrystal composites were fabricated by embedding polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) with K 0.5 Na 0.5 NbO 3 (KNN) nanocrystallites of different...
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Ice-Templated Materials: Polymers, Ceramics, Metals and Their Composites
The freezing of colloids occurs in many natural and synthetic processes, from geophysics to food engineering and biology. In the last 15 years, a...