Ferroelectric materials are currently some of the most widely applied material systems and
are constantly generating improved functions with higher efficiencies. Advancements in poly …

An overview of the state of art in ferroelectric thin films is presented. First, we review
applications: microsystems' applications, applications in high frequency electronics, and …

Due to the nature of domains, ferroics, including ferromagnetic, ferroelectric, and ferroelastic
materials, exhibit hysteresis phenomena with respect to external driving fields (magnetic …

Thin film piezoelectric materials offer a number of advantages in microelectromechanical
systems (MEMS), due to the large motions that can be generated, often with low hysteresis …

Piezoelectric materials and devices have drawn extensive attention for energy harvesting
due to their excellent electromechanical conversion properties. With increasing concerns …

Many electronic systems depend on microelectromechanical system and
nanoelectromechanical system resonators for frequency control applications such as clock …

Over the past two decades, several advances have been made in micromachined sensors
and actuators. As the field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) has advanced, a …

Aluminum nitride (AlN) has gained wide interest owing to its high values of elastic modulus,
band gap, dielectric strength, resistivity, thermal conductivity and acoustic velocities …

In recent decades, micromachined ultrasonic transducers (MUTs) have been investigated as
an alternative to conventional piezocomposite ultrasonic transducers, primarily due to the …

Ferroelectric materials have remained one of the major focal points of condensed matter
physics and materials science for over 50 years. In the last 20 years, the development of …