Abstract
Ceramic materials and single crystals showing ferroelectric behavior are being used in many applications in electronics and optics. A large number of applications of ferroelectric ceramics also exploit properties that are an indirect consequence of ferroelectricity, such as dielectric, piezoelectric, pyroelectric and electro-optic properties. This review introduces the basic principles and characteristics of ferroelectric materials and lists various materials chosen from single crystals, ceramics, polymers and ceramic-polymer composites which show ferroelectric behavior. Many different applications arising from ferroelectricity and related phenomena in ceramics and thin films have been discussed with their processing techniques.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 35-70 |
| Number of pages | 36 |
| Journal | Key Engineering Materials |
| Issue number | 122-124 |
| State | Published - 1996 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Materials Science(all)
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
Keywords
- Ceramics
- Dielectrics
- Ferroelectricity
- Piezoelectricity
- Pyroelectricity
- Single Crystals
- Thin Films