Springer Materials Science

Introduction to multifunctional polycrystalline ferroelectric materials J. Ricote and L. Pardo (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Spain) 1 - Advances in processing of bulk ferroelectric materials C. Galassi (ISTEC-CNR, Italy) 2 - Processing of ferroelectric ceramic thick films M. Kosec, D. Kuscer, J. Holc (Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia) 3 - Tailored liquid alkoxides for the chemical solution processing of Pb-free ferroelectric thin films K. Kato (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan) 4 - Ferroelectrics onto substrates prepared by Chemical Solution Deposition: from the thin film to the self-assembled nanosized structures M.L. Calzada (Inst. Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (CSIC), Spain.) 5 - Approaches towards the minimisation of toxicity in CSD processes of lead-based ferroelectric thin films I. Bretos, M.L. Calzada (Inst. Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (CSIC), Spain.) 6 - Synchrotron radiation diffraction and scattering in ferroelectrics L. Fuentes (Centro de Investigacion en Materiales Avanzados, Mexico.) 7 - X-Ray absorption fine structure applied to ferrolectrics M.E. Montero Cabrera (Centro de Investigacion en Materiales Avanzados, Mexico) 8 - Quantitative texture analysis of polycrystalline ferroelectrics D. Chateigner and J. Ricote (CRISMAT-ENSICAEN, Universite de Caen Basse Normandie, France and Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Spain) 9 - Nanoscale investigation of polycrystalline ferroelectric materials via piezoresponse force microscopy V.V. Shvartsman and A.L. Kholkin (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and CICECO, University of Aveiro, Portugal) 10 - Mechanical properties of Ferro-Piezoceramics D.C. Lupascu and J Schroder (Universitat Duisburg-Essen, Germany), C.S. Lynch (University of California, Los Angeles, USA), Wolfgang Kreher (Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany) and Ilona Westram (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany) 11 - The elastic properties of ferroelectric thin films using nanoindentation C. Chima-Okereke, W.L. Roberts, A.J. Bushby and M.J. Reece, (Centre for Materials Research and School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary London, UK) 12 - Pyroelectricity in polycrystalline ferroelectrics R. Jimenez and B. Jimenez (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spain) 13 - Properties of ferro-piezoelectric ceramic materials in the linear range: determination from impedance measurements at resonance L. Pardo and K. Brebol (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC), Spain) 14 - Domain engineered ceramic resonators J. Erhart (Department of Physics and International Center for Piezoelectric Research, Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic) 15 - Non-linear behaviour of piezoelectric ceramics A .Alfons and P. Rafel (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain) 16 - Piezoelectric transducers for structural health monitoring: modelling and imaging F. Montero de Espinosa and Y. Gomez Ullate (Instituto de Acustica, Madrid, Spain)