The lead-free sodium bismuth titanate (BNT) system has been extensively investigated in
the past decade due to its multi-functional electro-active properties. Here, we present a …

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 …

Lead-free dielectric ceramics with both a high recoverable energy storage density (W rec)
and excellent mechanical performance are highly desirable for practical applications in next …

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 …

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

Ferroelectrics have a spontaneous electrical polarization that is arranged into domains and
can be reversed by an externally-applied field. This high versatility makes them useful in …

Electric field-induced transformations occur in a myriad of systems with a variegated
phenomenology and have attracted widespread scientific interest due to their importance in …

In recent years, the stability field of a monoclinic phase at the morphotropic phase boundary
in lead zirconate titanate, Pb [Zr 1− x Ti x] O 3, has been under discussion. In the present …

Piezoelectric materials with unique properties are hugely appealing for high sensitivity
sensors and ultrasonic transducers. Here, Pb (Ni 1/3 Nb 2/3) O 3-Pb (Yb 1/2 Nb 1/2) O 3 …

The dielectric and piezoelectric properties of ferroelectric polycrystalline materials have long
been known to be strong functions of grain size and extrinsic effects such as domain wall …