The lead-free sodium bismuth titanate (BNT) system has been extensively investigated in
the past decade due to its multi-functional electro-active properties. Here, we present a …

High strain piezoelectric ceramics are the state-of-the-art materials for high precision,
positioning devices. A comprehensive review of the latest developments of the various types …

Abstract Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO 3, BFO) as one of the few single-phase room-temperature
multiferroics, has aroused ever-increasing enthusiasm in research communities during the …

Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO 3), a perovskite material, rich in properties and with wide functionality,
has had a marked impact on the field of multiferroics, as evidenced by the hundreds of …

Grain size effects on the physical properties of polycrystalline ferroelectrics have been
extensively studied for decades; however there are still major controversies regarding the …

Ferroelectric materials are the best dielectric and piezoelectric materials known today. Since
the discovery of barium titanate in the 1940s, lead zirconate titanate ceramics in the 1950s …

ASMART structure involves distributed actuators and sensors and one or more
microprocessors that analyze the responses from the sensors and use integrated control …

Barium titanate (BaTiO3) is known historically as the first ceramic piezoelectric material and
shows a high possibility of being revitalized as a popular lead-free piezoelectric material …

The paper presents an overview of experimental evidence and present understanding of
nonlinear dielectric, elastic and piezoelectric relationships in piezoelectric ceramics. This …

The electromechanical coupling in ferroelectric materials is controlled by several coexisting
structural phenomena which can include piezoelectric lattice strain, 180° and non‐180° …