From ferroelectric ceramics and single crystals to thick and thin films: how domain-wall processes control the piezoelectric and dielectric properties

Author

Damjanovic, Dragan ; Robert, Gilles ; Muller, Juliette ; Maeder, Marlyse Demartin ; Taylor, David V. ; Setter, Nava

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mater., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

305

Abstract

The domain wall contributions to the piezoelectric and dielectric properties of ferroelectric materials are discussed in the framework of the Preisach approach. Several examples of the nonlinear behavior in ferroelectric ceramics, thick and highly oriented thin films are discussed

Keywords

electric domain walls; ferroelectric ceramics; ferroelectric materials; ferroelectric thin films; piezoceramics; piezoelectric materials; piezoelectric thin films; thick films; Preisach model; dielectric properties; domain wall processes; ferroelectric ceramics; ferroelectric materials; ferroelectric single crystals; nonlinearity; piezoelectric properties; thick films; thin films; Capacitive sensors; Ceramics; Crystals; Dielectric thin films; Ferroelectric materials; Magnetic hysteresis; Piezoelectric films; Piezoelectric polarization; Switches; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applications of Ferroelectrics, 2000. ISAF 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 12th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1099-4734

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5940-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISAF.2000.941561

Filename

941561