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 …

With the rapid development of the Internet of things (IoT), wearable electronics, how to
power them has been a great challenge, as the traditional powering method via batteries …

The stability of spontaneous electrical polarization in ferroelectrics is fundamental to many of
their current applications, which range from the simple electric cigarette lighter to non …

In the past decade, domain engineered relaxor-PT ferroelectric single crystals, including (1−
x) Pb (Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3) O 3–xPbTiO 3 (PMN–PT),(1− x) Pb (Zn 1/3 Nb 2/3) O 3–xPbTiO 3 (PZN …

Piezoelectric materials, which convert mechanical to electrical energy (and vice versa), are
crucial in medical imaging, telecommunication and ultrasonic devices,. A new generation of …

This review covers important advances in recent years in the physics of thin-film ferroelectric
oxides, the strongest emphasis being on those aspects particular to ferroelectrics in thin-film …

We present an approach to the implementation of the virtual crystal approximation (VCA) for
the study of properties of solid solutions in the context of density-functional methods. Our …

The piezoelectric effect in ferroelectric single crystals and ceramics is investigated
considering intrinsic (lattice), and extrinsic (originating mainly from displacement of domain …

The origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in the relaxor ferroelectric PbZn 1/3 Nb 2/3 O 3−
PbTiO 3 was studied with an electric field applied along the [001] direction. The zero-field …

A first-principles-derived approach is developed to study finite-temperature properties of Pb
(Zr 1− x T ix) O 3 (PZT) solid solutions near the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) …