Piezoelectronics, as an efficient approach for energy conversion and sensing, have a far-
reaching influence on energy harvesting, precise instruments, sensing, health monitoring …

Bismuth-containing heterometallic oxides are promising candidates for a variety of
applications with respect to the microelectronics industry. This is not only because of their …

Feature size is a natural determinant of material properties. Its design offers the
technological perspectives for material improvement. Grain size, crystallite size, domain …

Ferroelectric, dielectric and piezoelectric properties of ferroelectric thin films and ceramics
are reviewed with the aim of providing an insight into different processes which may affect …

ABO3 perovskites have fascinated solid-state chemists and physicists for decades because
they display a seemingly inexhaustible variety of chemical and physical properties …

The discovery of building blocks offers new opportunities to develop and control properties
of extended solids. Compounds with fluorite-type Bi2O2 blocks host various properties …

A study was conducted on the effects of microstructure, atmosphere, and several dopants on
the electrical conductivity of bismuth titanate (Bi4Ti3O12, BIT). Increased grain size …

The recent observation of a ferroelectric-like structural transition in metallic LiOsO3 has
generated a flurry of interest in the properties of polar metals. Such materials are thought to …

A study of the complex permittivity in bismuth titanate was conducted to reveal the nature of
an anomaly in the real part of the permittivity, which occurs below the Curie temperature …

Many Aurivillius phases of ferroelectric complex bismuth oxides are currently known. With
the formula Bi 2 A m− 1 B m O 3m+ 3, they all consist of Bi 2 O 2 layers interleaved with …