The elimination of lead in piezoelectric applications remains challenging. Since the
advances in the piezoelectricity were found in the perovskite family in 2000, studies into lead …

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 …

Reducing or even prohibiting the use of toxic lead in electronic devices has become one of
the most cutting-edge topics in various disciplines. The recently proposed phase boundary …

High-performance piezoceramics are some of the most important and widely used materials,
and as such research into this topic is at the forefront of high-technology advanced …

A bismuth ferrite and barium titanate solid solution compound can achieve good
piezoelectric properties with a high Curie temperature when fabricated with low-temperature …

Research on sintering of dense ceramic materials has been very active in the past decades
and still keeps gaining in popularity. Although a number of new techniques have been …

Ferroelectric materials have demonstrated novel photovoltaic effect to scavenge solar
energy. However, most of the ferroelectric materials with wide bandgaps (2.7–4 eV) suffer …

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

The huge number of electronic devices called the Internet of Things requires miniaturized,
autonomous and ecologically sustainable power sources. A viable way to power these …

The development of high-density ceramic materials with fine-grained microstructures has
been studied to considerably improve their properties for high-performance applications …