We present a critical review that encompasses the fundamentals and state-of-the-art
knowledge of barium titanate-based piezoelectrics. First, the essential crystallography …

abstract In this review, the evolution of high strain Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 TiO 3-based lead-free
piezoceramics and their multilayer actuators has been explored. First, in terms of Na 0.5 Bi …

The correlation between structure and electrical properties of lead-free (1− x)(Bi 1/2 Na 1/2)
TiO 3–x BaTiO 3 (BNT-100 x BT) polycrystalline piezoceramics was investigated …

Abstract (Bi 1/2 Na 1/2) TiO 3 (BNT) based lead-free incipient piezoceramics are promising
candidates for actuator applications due to their giant electromechanical strains originating …

Ceramics are usually composed of randomly oriented grains and intergranular phases, so
their properties are the statistical average along each direction and show isotropy …

Texture-engineered ceramics enable access to a vast array of novel texture-property
relations leading to property values ranging between those of single crystals and isotropic …

In this review, the evolution of textured lead-free piezoceramics has been explored, primarily
focusing on the technique of templated grain growth (TGG) and reactive-templated grain …

According to the EU-Directives 2002/95/EC, 2002/96/EC, lead-based piezoceramics must
be substituted in the future with more environmentally friendly alternatives, only when a …

For the first time, the origin of large electrostrain in pseudocubic BiFeO 3-based ceramics is
verified with direct structural evidence backed by appropriate simulations. We employ …

The origin of the large electrostrain in BiFeO 3-BaTiO 3 (BF-BT) ceramics is controversial
and has been attributed to either a field-induced transition to a long-range ferroelectric (FE) …