Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric and Dielectric Materials: Characterization, Properties and Emerging Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Electronic Materials".
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Interests: piezoelectrics; ferroelectrics; dielectrics; ceramics; materials
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Interests: dielectrics; electrochemistry; functional materials; energy materials; electroceramics
Interests: piezo-/ferroelectric ceramic; polymer dielectrics
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Interests: structural ceramics; dielectric/piezoelectric ceramics; thin-film materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a new Special Issue, Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric and Dielectric Materials: Characterization, Properties and Emerging Applications, Guest-Edited by Guangzhi Dong, to be published in [Materials] (IF: 3.4, ISSN 1996-1944).
Piezoelectric, ferroelectric, and dielectric materials have diverse functionalities that enable numerous applications, ranging from piezoelectric sensing to dielectric energy storage, which have attracted extensive research and development interest. This Special Issue will publish experimental and theoretical papers aiming to understand piezoelectric, ferroelectric, and dielectric properties, as well as their associated phenomena, in addition to applied papers dealing with the utilization of these materials in devices and systems.
This Special Issue includes—but is not limited to—the following areas:
- The fundamentals of piezoelectric, ferroelectric, dielectric, and electrostrain properties.
- Property characterization and property–structure relationship studies.
- Advances in processing techniques for high-performance functional materials.
- New systems, including ceramics, crystals, thin/thick films, and composites.
- Industrial applications of piezoelectric, ferroelectric, and dielectric materials, including piezoelectric transducers/sensors, ferroelectric memory devices, electrostrictive actuators, dielectric energy storage applications, etc.
- Challenges in and perspectives of development.
For this Special Issue, we invite authors to contribute research articles and reviews on the broad range of topics listed above.
We look forward to your contributions.
Dr. Guangzhi Dong
Dr. Yongbo Fan
Dr. Hang Luo
Dr. Hua Tan
Dr. Yi Quan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- piezoelectrics
- ferroelectrics
- dielectrics
- relaxor
- electrostrain
- electromechanical
- energy storage
- electrocaloric
- electronic
- ceramics
- crystals
- films
- composites
- functional materials
- fundamentals
- processing
- theory
- characterization
- application
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