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Ferroelectric materials and their applications /

This book presents the basic physical properties, structure, fabrication methods and applications of ferroelectric materials. These are widely used in various devices, such as piezoelectric/electrostrictive transducers and actuators, pyroelectric infrared detectors, optical integrated circuits, opti...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Xu, Yuhuan, 1938- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : New York, NY, USA : North-Holland ; Sole distributors for the USA and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1991.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Ferroelectric Materials and their Applications; Copyright Page; Foreword by L.E. Cross; Foreword by S.B. Lang; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction: characteristics of ferroelectrics; 1.1. Structural symmetry; 1.2. Spontaneous polarization and pyroelectric effect; 1.3. Ferroelectric domains and hysteresis loop; 1.4. Ferroelectric Curie point and phase transitions; 1.5. Thermodynamics of ferroelectricity; 1.6. Piezoelectric equations and pyroelectric coefficients; 1.7. Electrostrictive equations; References.
  • Chapter 2. Methods for measuring the physical properties of ferroelectric materials2.1. Determination of the dielectric properties of ferroelectrics; 2.2. Determination of the piezoelectric, electrostrictive and pyroelectric properties of ferroelectrics; 2.3. Measurement of the optical and electrooptical properties of ferroelectrics; References; Chapter 3. Perovskite-type ferroelectrics: part I; 3.1. Physical properties and processing of piezoelectric ceramics with perovskite-type structure; 3.2. Compositions and modifications of piezoelectric ceramics.
  • 3.3. Stability of piezoelectric ceramics3.4. Actuators: recent applications of piezoelectric ceramics; References; Chapter 4. Perovskite-type ferroelectrics: part II; 4.1. Transparent ferroelectric PLZT ceramics and their applications; 4.2. PTC ceramics of barium titanate; 4.3. Perovskite-type ferroelectric single crystals; 4.4. Ferroelectric thin films; References; Chapter 5. Lithium niobate and lithium tantalate; 5.1. Structure and ferroelectricity of LiNbO3 and LiTaO3; 5.2. Single crystal growth.
  • 5.3. Piezoelectric, pyroelectric, electrooptical properties and applications of LiNbO3 and LiTaO35.4. Photorefractive effects in LiNbO3; References; Chapter 6. Ferroelectric tungsten-bronze-type niobate crystals; 6.1. Crystallographic structure of tungsten-bronze-type niobates; 6.2. Barium sodium niobate and its derivative single crystals; 6.3. Strontium barium niobate crystals; 6.4. Potassium lithium niobate crystals; 6.5. Potassium sodium strontium barium niobate (KNSBN) crystals; 6.6. Lead barium niobate (PBN) crystals; References.
  • Chapter 7. KDP family, TGS family and other water-soluble ferroelectric crystals7.1. KDP family ferroelectric crystals; 7.2. TGS family ferroelectric crystals; 7.3. Other water-soluble ferroelectric crystals; References; Chapter 8. Other ferroelectric crystal materials; 8.1. Bismuth titanate; 8.2. Ferroelectric-ferroelastic crystal gadolinium molybdate; 8.3. Lead germanium oxide; 8.4. Ferroelectric semiconductor SbSI (antimony sulphoiodide) family; 8.5. Potassium titanyl phosphate (KTiOPO4) family; References; Chapter 9. Organic ferroelectric materials and piezoelectric composites.