Piezoelectric Materials: Advances in Science, Technology and Applications

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Preface. List of Participants. I: Fundamentals on Ferroelectrics Piezoelectrics and Relaxors. Piezo-, pyro-, and ferroelectricity in biological materials V.V. Lemanov. Piezo-, pyro- and ferroelectric polymers S. Bauer, et al. The kinetic and scattering of nonequilibrium phonons by domain walls and grain boundaries in monocrystal and ceramics of BaTiO3 S.N. Ivanov, et al. Ferroelectrics with periodically layered domain structure: computer simulation of acoustical properties A.N. Podlipenets, L.P. Zinchuk. Structure and properties of novel Pb (B, 1/2 Nb 1/2)O3-PbTiO3 binary systems with high piezoelectric coupling A. Sternberg, et al. Nano-size ferroelectric structures M. Alexe, et al. Influence of Bi and Y additions on the electromechanical anisotropy of lead titanate ceramics L. Amarande, et al. Bi4Ti3O12 - Based piezoelectric ceramics for high temperature applications M. Villegas, et al. II: Powder Preparation and Processing. Influence of processing parameters on the properties of PZT materials C. Galassi, et al. Smart structures by integrated piezoelectric thin fibers D. Sporn, et al. Hydrothermal synthesis and processing of undoped and doped BaTiO3 fine particles J. Yang, J.M.F. Ferreira. Chemical processing of PbTiO3/Organic hybrid and Pb (Zr, Ti)O3 thick films S. Hirano, et al. Preparation and characterization of thick piezoelectric films on alumina substrates P. Gonnard, et al. III: Microstructural and Piezoelectric Characterisation. Nonlinear piezoelectric response in ferroelectric ceramics D. Damjanovic. Influence of microstructure on microscopic and macroscopic strain behavior of soft PZT ceramics M. Hammer, et al. The effect of static compressive stress on the high field dielectric properties of hard PZT ceramics D.A. Hall, et al. Stress dependence of the piezoelectric, dielectric and elastic properties of PZT ceramics S.W. Mahon, et al. Switching of ferroelectric nanostructures C. Harnagea, et al. Measurement and simulation of the electromechanical behaviour of piezoelectric stack transducers H. Janoch, B. Clephas. 0.9PMN-0.1PT ceramics: from electromechanical properties to applications via nanostructural characterization M. Lejeune, et al. Solid-state 25Mg, 45Sc and 93Nb MAS NMR studies: local B-site chemical environments and ordering in Pb)Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 (PMN) and related relaxor ferroelectrics J.J. Fitzgerald, et al. Piezoelectric properties of proton-exchanged optical waveguides D. Cyplis, R. Rimeika. A novel tool for experimental analysis of surface phenomena V.I. Anisimkin, et al. The influence of the material constants and mass-loading on coupling coefficient of monolithic filters I. Mateescu, G. Pop. IV: Processing and Characterisation of Films. Thick and composite piezoelectric coatings for biomedical and high temperature ultrasound M. Sayer, et al. Pulsed-laser deposition and characterization of thin films D. Bauerle, et al. Correlated compositional, morphological and electrical characterization of PLD piezoelectric thin films F. Craciun, et al. Piezoelectric thin films for high frequency electroacoustic devices P. Verardi. Photoelectric and dielectric spectroscopy study of PZT thin film electronic structure V.K. Yarmarkin. The influence of interface on the spontaneous polarisation in PbTiO3 thin films deposited o