This book presents theory, fundamentals and applications of ferroelectricy. 24 chapters gather reviews and research reports covering the spectrum of ferroelectricity. It describes the current levels of understanding of various aspects of ferroelectricity as presented by authorities in the field. Topics include relaxors, piezoelectrics, microscale and nanoscale studies, polymers and composites, unusual properties, and techniques and devices. The book is intended for physicists, engineers and materials scientists working with ferroelectric materials.

Piezoelectric Materials Analyze the foundational materials of the electronics industry In recent years piezoelectric materials have become one of the world’s most important classes of functional materials. Their ability to convert between mechanical and electrical energy makes them indispensable for sensors, transducers, actuators, catalysts, and many other foundational electronic devices. As electronics industries expand at unprecedented rates, the range of applications for piezoelectric materials continues to grow. Piezoelectric Materials offers a comprehensive overview of this group of materials, its key properties, and its applications. Beginning with the fundamental science of piezoelectric phenomena, it then analyzes different the numerous different classes of piezoelectric materials and their current and future industrial functions. The result is essential for engineers and materials scientists working in any number of areas. Piezoelectric Materials readers will also find: Analysis of materials types include lead-based and lead-free piezoelectric materials, textured piezoceramics, piezoelectric thin films, and many more Detailed discussion of applications including dielectric energy storage and biomedical technology Authorship by a leading researcher of piezoelectric materials Piezoelectric Materials is ideal for materials scientists, electronic engineers, polymer chemists, solid state chemists, and any other researchers or professionals working with these key materials.

CONTENTS Preface, XI List of Contributors, XIII Part I. REPORTS. Materials Parameters Determining the Performance of 3-3 Piezocomposites C.R. Bowen, A. Perry, R. Stevens, and S. Mahon.............................................. 3 Dielectric Permittivity and Hysteresis of PZT Aerogels Stefan Geis, Jochen Fricke................................................................................ 23 Superfine Anomalies of the Cubic-Tetragonal Transition in the Perovskite-Type Ferroelectrics Detected by “mk-stabilized cell” Akira Kojima, Yukio Yoshimura, Hiroshi Iwasaki, and Ken-ichi Tozaki.......................................................................................... 33 NMR Study on m3h(seo4)2 (m: k, rb) Yasumitsu Matsuo, Keisuke Takahashi, and Seiichiro Ikehata............................. 51 Photovoltaic Effect in Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 (PZT)-Based Ceramics and Development for Photostrictor Application Kazuhiro Nonaka, Morito Akiyama, Chao-Nan Xu, Tsuyoshi Hagio, and Akira Takase.................................................................... 65 Novel Electronic Phase Transition in ii-vi Ferroelectric Semiconductor znO A. Onodera and H. Satoh................................................................................. 93 Brillouin Scattering Study of Structural Phase Transition in the kno3 Crystal Yasunari Takagi............................................................................................... 113 New Technologies for Future FeRAMs K. Uchiyama, M. Kazumura, Y. Shimada, T. Otsuki, N. Solayappan, V. Joshi, and C.A. Paz de Araujo............................................... 125 NANOCRYSTALLINE PEROVSKITE FILMS: FERROELECTRICS AND RELAXORS C. Ziebert, J.K. Krüger, H. Schmitt, A. Sternberg K.-H. Ehses, M. Marx................................................................................... 135 Part II. BRIEF REPORTS Studies of Ferroelectric Thin Film and Film-Based Device Processes via In Situ Analytic Techniques O. Auciello, S.K. Streiffer, G.B. Stephenson, J.A. Eastman, G. Bai, A.R. Krauss, J. Im, A.M. Dhote, C. Thompson, E.A. Irene, Y. Gao, A.H. Muller, M.J. Bedzyk, A. Kazimirov, D. Marasco, V.P. Dravid, A. Gruverman, S. Aggarwal, R. Ramesh, S.-H. Kim, A.I. Kingon, and C.B. Eom.................................................................................................. 155 The Spherical Random Bond – Random Field Model of Relaxor Ferroelectrics: Theory and Experiments R. Blinc, R. Pirc, B. Zalar, and A. Gregorovic.................................................... 159 Stabilization of Ferroelectricity in Quantum Paraelectrics by Isotopic Substitution A. Bussmann-Holder, H. Buttner, and A.R. Bishop............................................ 165 New Understanding of the Phases Transition Mechanism of Hydrogen-Bonded Ferroelectrics A. Bussmann-Holder, Naresh Dalal, Riqiang Fu, and Ricardo Migoni................... 167 Two Dimensional Ferroelectrics V.M. Fridkin, L.M. Blinov, S.P. Palto, S.G. Yudin, S. Ducharme, P.A. Dowben, and A.V. Bune.......................................................................... 169 Ferroelastic Twinning in Some Extremely Plastic Crystals Lyubov Kirpichnikova....................................................................................... 171 Investigation of the Anisotropy of srbi2ta2o9 and srbi2nb2o9 Through Epitaxial Growth J. Lettieri, M.A. Zurbuchen, Y. Jia, D.G. Schlom, S.K. Streiffer, and M.E. Hawley............................................................................................. 173 New Ideas in Relaxor Theory R.F. Mamin..................................................................................................... 179 Evaluation of Ferroelectric Domains in Lead Zirconate Titanate Ceramics by Poling Fields Toshio Ogawa.................................................................................................. 181 Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposited Ceramic Thin Films for Future Memory Applications M. Schumacher, J. Lindner, F. Schienle, D. Burgess, P. Strzyzewski, M. Dauelsberg, E. Merz, and H. Juergensen............................... 185 Dynamic and Static Aspects of the Antiferroelectric Phase Transition in rb3h1-xdx(so4)2 Crystals: An 87rb-nmr Study Andreas Titze and Roland Boehmer.................................................................. 187 Key Word Index………………………………………………………………………. 189 Contents of FERROELECTRICS.Vol.2. Frontier in Science and Technology Series. List of Titles. FSRC BOOKS of ABSTRACTS in Science and Technology Conference Series. List of Titles. F S R C. A Brief Info.

The 2002 Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics was the third in the series of WOFE workshops. Over 70 leading experts from academia, industry, and government agencies reported on the most recent developments in their fields and exchanged views on future trends and directions of the electronics and photonics industry. The issues they addressed ranged from system-on-chip to DNA doping, from ultrathin SOI to electrotextiles, from photonics integration on the ULSI platform to wide band gap semiconductor devices and solid state lighting. The rapid pace of electronic technology evolution compels a merger of different technical areas, and WOFE-02 provided a unique opportunity for cross-fertilization of the emerging fields of microelectronics, photonics, and nanoelectronics. The workshop was informal and stimulated provocative views, visionary outlooks, and discussions on controversial issues.

This book explores the applications of ferroelectric materials in information technology by developing several prototype devices based on Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) single crystals. It describes how an optothermal field-effect transistor (FET) was constructed on the PMN-26PT single crystal, using a MoS2 monolayer as the channel semiconductor material. This fusion of pyroelectric effect and the interface engineering of 2D materials provides an effective strategy for the ‘photon revolution’ of FET. An ultra-broadband photodetector (UV ~ THz) was monolithically integrated into a [111]-oriented PMN-28PT single crystal by using silver nanowires in the transparent top electrode. The photodetector showed a dramatic improvement in operation frequency up to 3 kHz: an order of magnitude higher than that of traditional pyroelectric photodetectors. A self-powered integrated module was demonstrated through the combination of a triboelectric nanogenerator and a ferroelectric FET. The stored information can easily be written in the memory system using mechanical energy, solving the power consumption problem with regard to information writing in ferroelectric nonvolatile memories. This book extends the applications of ferroelectric single crystals into areas other than piezoelectric devices, paving the way for exciting future developments.

This book contains stories of women engineers’ paths through the golden age of microelectronics, stemming from the invention of the transistor in 1947. These stories, like the biographies of Marie Curie and the National Geographic’s stories of Jane Goodall’s research that inspired the authors will inspire and guide readers along unconventional pathways to contributions to microelectronics that we can only begin to imagine. The book explores why and how the women writing here chose their career paths and how they navigated their careers. This topic is of interest to a vast audience, from students to professionals to university advisers to industry CEOs, who can imagine the advantages of a future with a diverse work force. Provides insight into women’s early contributions to the field of microelectronics and celebrates the challenges they overcame; Presents compelling innovations from academia, research, and industry into advances, applications, and the future of microelectronics; Includes a fascinating look into topics such as nanotechnologies, video games, analog electronics, design automation, and neuromorphic circuits.

The need to more efficiently harvest energy for electronics has spurred investigation into materials that can harvest energy from locally abundant sources. Ferroelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting and Storage is the first book to bring together fundamental mechanisms for harvesting various abundant energy sources using ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials. The authors discuss strategies of designing materials for efficiently harvesting energy sources like solar, wind, wave, temperature fluctuations, mechanical vibrations, biomechanical motion, and stray magnetic fields. In addition, concepts of the high density energy storage using ferroelectric materials is explored. Ferroelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting and Storage is appropriate for those working in materials science and engineering, physics, chemistry and electrical engineering disciplines. - Reviews wide range of energy harvesting including solar, wind, biomechanical and more - Discusses ferroelectric materials and their application to high energy density capacitors - Includes review of fundamental mechanisms of energy harvesting and energy solutions, their design and current applications, and future trends and challenges

For much of the past 60 years, the U.S. research community dominated the discovery of new crystalline materials and the growth of large single crystals, placing the country at the forefront of fundamental advances in condensed-matter sciences and fueling the development of many of the new technologies at the core of U.S. economic growth. The opportunities offered by future developments in this field remain as promising as the achievements of the past. However, the past 20 years have seen a substantial deterioration in the United States' capability to pursue those opportunities at a time when several European and Asian countries have significantly increased investments in developing their own capacities in these areas. This book seeks both to set out the challenges and opportunities facing those who discover new crystalline materials and grow large crystals and to chart a way for the United States to reinvigorate its efforts and thereby return to a position of leadership in this field.

Semiconductors and Semimetals series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors. - 2019 marks the year that nitride ferroelectrics were reported, and the indicators and mechanisms used for oxide ferroelectricity appear inadequate - The emergence of nitride ferroelectrics has opened new frontiers in ferroelectric materials research and ferroelectric based technologies. This book is a direct consequence of this - Draws upon the collective knowledge and expertise of leading scientists and researchers in this field to provide a holistic view on the state of ferroelectric nitride research and applications

Ferroelectric materials exhibit a wide spectrum of functional properties, including switchable polarization, piezoelectricity, high non-linear optical activity, pyroelectricity, and non-linear dielectric behaviour. These properties are crucial for application in electronic devices such as sensors, microactuators, infrared detectors, microwave phase filters and, non-volatile memories. This unique combination of properties of ferroelectric materials has attracted researchers and engineers for a long time. This book reviews a wide range of diverse topics related to the phenomenon of ferroelectricity (in the bulk as well as thin film form) and provides a forum for scientists, engineers, and students working in this field. The present book containing 24 chapters is a result of contributions of experts from international scientific community working in different aspects of ferroelectricity related to experimental and theoretical work aimed at the understanding of ferroelectricity and their utilization in devices. It provides an up-to-date insightful coverage to the recent advances in the synthesis, characterization, functional properties and potential device applications in specialized areas.