Ferroelectrics: Principles and Applications

Combining both fundamental principles and real–life applications in a single volume, this book discusses the latest research results in ferroelectrics, including many new ferroelectric materials for the latest technologies, such as capacitors, transducers and memories.
The first two chapters introduce dielectrics and microscopic materials properties, while the following chapter discusses pyroelectricity and piezoelectricity. The larger part of the text is devoted to ferroelectricity and ferroelectric ceramics, with not only their fundamentals but also applications discussed. The book concludes with a look at the future for laser printed materials and applications.
With over 600 references to recent publications on piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials, this is an invaluable reference for physicists, materials scientists and engineers.

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
Energy Bands in Crystals
Conductor, Insulator and Semiconductor
Fermi–Dirac Distribution Function
Dielectrics

MICROSCOPIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
Phonon
Phase Transition

PYROELECTRICITY AND PIEZOELECTRICITY
Pyroelectricity
Piezoelectricity
Application of Piezoelectric Materials

FERROELECTRICITY
Ferroelectrics
Classification of Ferroelectric Materials

FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS: DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS
Capacitors
Explosive–to–Electrical Transducers
Composites
Thin Films
Alternative Memories Based on Ferroelectric Materials
Nanoscale Ferroelectrics
Electro–optic Devices
Photoelastic Devices
Photorefractive Devices


Dr. Ashim Kumar Bain received his M.Sc. (Physics) degree in 1989 from Rajshahi University, Bangladesh, and his Ph.D. (Materials Science) degree from Dniepropetrovsk State University, Ukraine, in 1994. He was a postdoctoral research fellow (1995–1998) at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. He worked as a lecturer (1998–2000) at the IUBAT–International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, and as a senior scientific officer (2000–2002) at the BCSIR, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ashim Bain also worked as a visiting research fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK, from June 2002 to December 2002 under the Royal Society (UK) fellowship scheme. Presently he has been working as a freelance Physicist in Birmingham, UK. He has published 15 articles and two book chapters.

Prem Chand has a master′s degree in physics and obtained his PhD degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India. After working at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India for almost thirty years he reached the highest position of Chief Scientist. Later he has served as director of an engineering college at Delhi–NCR–Sonepat, Haryana, India. Currently, he is serving as professor & head of physics in Sri Ramaswamy Memorial (S R M) University in Delhi–NCR–Sonepat, Haryana, India. Prof. Chand has authored more than hundred scientific publications several review articles and two invited book chapters on ferroelectrics.