Multifunctional Polycrystalline Ferroelectric Materials: Processing and Properties: 2011 (Springer Series in Materials Science)

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-established group 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. Introduction to multifunctional polycrystalline ferroelectric materials J. Ricote and L. Pardo (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Spain) 1 – Advances in processing of bulk ferroelectric materials C. Galassi (ISTEC-CNR, Italy) 2 – Processing of ferroelectric ceramic thick films M. Kosec, D. Kuscer, J. Holc (Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia) 3 – Tailored liquid alkoxides for the chemical solution processing of Pb-free ferroelectric thin films K. Kato (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan) 4 – Ferroelectrics onto substrates prepared by Chemical Solution Deposition: from the thin film to the self-assembled nanosized structures M.L. Calzada (Inst. Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (CSIC), Spain.) 5 – Approaches towards the minimisation of toxicity in CSD processes of lead-based ferroelectric thin films I. Bretos, M.L. Calzada (Inst. Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (CSIC), Spain.) 6 – Synchrotron radiation diffraction and scattering in ferroelectrics L. Fuentes (Centro de Investigacin en Materiales Avanzados, Mxico.) 7 – X-Ray absorption fine structure applied to ferrolectrics M.E. Montero Cabrera (Centro de Investigacin en Materiales Avanzados, Mexico) 8 – Quantitative texture analysis of polycrystalline ferroelectrics D. Chateigner and J. Ricote (CRISMAT-ENSICAEN, Universit de Caen Basse Normandie, France and Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Spain) 9 – Nanoscale investigation of polycrystalline ferroelectric materials via piezoresponse force microscopy V.V. Shvartsman and A.L. Kholkin (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and CICECO, University of Aveiro, Portugal) 10 – Mechanical properties of Ferro-Piezoceramics D.C. Lupascu and J Schrder (Universitt Duisburg-Essen, Germany), C.S. Lynch (University of California, Los Angeles, USA), Wolfgang Kreher (Technische Universitt Dresden, Germany) and Ilona Westram (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany) 11 – The elastic properties of ferroelectric thin films using nanoindentation C. Chima-Okereke, W.L. Roberts, A.J. Bushby and M.J. Reece, (Centre for Materials Research and School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary London, UK) 12 – Pyroelectricity in polycrystalline ferroelectrics R. Jimenez and B. Jimenez (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain) 13 – Properties of ferro-piezoelectric ceramic materials in the linear range: determination from impedance measurements at resonance L. Pardo and K. Brebol (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC), Spain) 14 – Domain engineered ceramic resonators J. Erhart (Department of Physics and International Center for Piezoelectric Research, Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic) 15 – Non-linear behaviour of piezoelectric ceramics A .Alfons and P. Rafel (Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya, Spain) 16 – Piezoelectric transducers for structural health monitoring: modelling and imaging F. Montero de Espinosa and Y. Gomez Ullate (Instituto de Acstica, Madrid, Spain)