Evolution from lead‐based to lead‐free piezoelectrics: engineering of lattices, domains, boundaries, and defects leading to giant response
Piezoelectric materials are known to mankind for more than a century, with numerous
advancements made in both scientific understandings and practical applications. In the last …
advancements made in both scientific understandings and practical applications. In the last …
Advantages and challenges of relaxor-PbTiO3 ferroelectric crystals for electroacoustic transducers–A review
Abstract Relaxor-PbTiO 3 (PT) based ferroelectric crystals with the perovskite structure have
been investigated over the last few decades due to their ultrahigh piezoelectric coefficients …
been investigated over the last few decades due to their ultrahigh piezoelectric coefficients …
Decoding the fingerprint of ferroelectric loops: comprehension of the material properties and structures
Due to the nature of domains, ferroics, including ferromagnetic, ferroelectric, and ferroelastic
materials, exhibit hysteresis phenomena with respect to external driving fields (magnetic …
materials, exhibit hysteresis phenomena with respect to external driving fields (magnetic …
Domain wall nanoelectronics
Domains in ferroelectrics were considered to be well understood by the middle of the last
century: They were generally rectilinear, and their walls were Ising-like. Their simplicity …
century: They were generally rectilinear, and their walls were Ising-like. Their simplicity …
[HTML][HTML] Ferroelectric or non-ferroelectric: Why so many materials exhibit “ferroelectricity” on the nanoscale
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 …
physics and materials science for over 50 years. In the last 20 years, the development of …
Direct-write piezoelectric polymeric nanogenerator with high energy conversion efficiency
Nanogenerators capable of converting energy from mechanical sources to electricity with
high effective efficiency using low-cost, nonsemiconducting, organic nanomaterials are …
high effective efficiency using low-cost, nonsemiconducting, organic nanomaterials are …
Modulation of piezoelectric properties in electrospun PLLA nanofibers for application-specific self-powered stem cell culture platforms
There is an increasing effort to utilize piezoelectric materials as a self-powered platform to
electrically stimulate cells/tissues in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering …
electrically stimulate cells/tissues in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering …
Piezoelectric nanofibers for energy scavenging applications
Nanofiber-based piezoelectric energy generators could be scalable power sources
applicable in various electrical devices and systems by scavenging mechanical energy from …
applicable in various electrical devices and systems by scavenging mechanical energy from …
Ferroelectric polarization reversal via successive ferroelastic transitions
Switchable polarization makes ferroelectrics a critical component in memories, actuators
and electro-optic devices, and potential candidates for nanoelectronics. Although many …
and electro-optic devices, and potential candidates for nanoelectronics. Although many …
Origins of electro‐mechanical coupling in polycrystalline ferroelectrics during subcoercive electrical loading
The electromechanical coupling in ferroelectric materials is controlled by several coexisting
structural phenomena which can include piezoelectric lattice strain, 180° and non‐180° …
structural phenomena which can include piezoelectric lattice strain, 180° and non‐180° …