A review of cement-based materials as electroceramics

DDL Chung, X Xi - Ceramics International, 2023 - Elsevier
The dielectric behavior of unpoled cured cement-based materials enables these materials to
serve as electroceramics. The behavior entails the DC polarization (apparent DC electrical …

Energy-harvesting concrete for smart and sustainable infrastructures

X Wang, S Dong, A Ashour, B Han - Journal of Materials Science, 2021 - Springer
Concrete with smart and functional properties (eg, self-sensing, self-healing, and energy
harvesting) represents a transformative direction in the field of construction materials …

Fine scale 2-2 connectivity PZT/epoxy piezoelectric fiber composite for high frequency ultrasonic application

H Jia, H Li, B Lin, Y Hu, L Peng, D Xu… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2021 - Elsevier
High frequency piezoelectric fiber composites have extensive application in fields of
biomedical imaging, ultrasonic inspection, underwater acoustic imaging and so forth. In this …

Cooling rate-dependent microstructure and electrical properties of BCZT ceramics

C Zhou, Q Zhang, W Cai, R Yang, S Chen… - Materials Science in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Ba 0.85 Ca 0.15 Zr 0.1 Ti 0.9 O 3 (BCZT) ceramics were successfully synthesized
by controlling the cooling rate during the sintering, and their microstructure and electrical …

Longitudinal piezoelectric effect and hydrostatic response in novel laminar composites based on ferroelectric ceramics

AA Nesterov, VY Topolov, MI Tolstunov, AN Isaeva - Ceramics International, 2019 - Elsevier
Effective piezoelectric coefficients d 33*, g 33*, their hydrostatic analogs dh*, gh*, and
related squared figures of merit d 33* g 33* and dh* gh* are studied by taking into account …

Active tuning of flexural wave in periodic steel-concrete composite beam with shunted cement-based piezoelectric patches

L Yuan, Z Cai, P Zhao, J Du, T Ma… - Mechanics of Advanced …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, flexural wave in a steel-concrete composite beam with periodically surface-
bonded cement-based piezoelectric patches (CPP) is studied. The composite beam is …

Enhancement of electromagnetic shielding and piezoelectric properties of White Portland cement by hydration time

R Prasad, AE Mahmoud, SKS Parashar - Construction and Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Effect of hydration time on the structural and physical properties of White Portland
Cement (WPC) is considered to be a critical and essential factor. In this study effect of …

Dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric behaviors of thulium-doped KNN ceramics fabricated by microwave sintering

C Zhou, W Cai, X Yang, Q Zhang, D Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract (K, Na) NbO3− x at.% Tm2O3 (KNNT x) piezoelectric ceramics with submicron grain
size were successfully prepared by solid-state method combined with microwave sintering …

Electromagnetic radiation detection in cement-mortar/lead zirconate titanate composites using drop-weight impact technique

A Kumar, VS Chauhan, R Kumar, K Prasad - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Investigation on the electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emission from cement-mortar/lead
zirconate titanate (cement-mortar/PZT) composites using a drop-weight impact technique …

Novel lead-free composites with two porosity levels: Large piezoelectric anisotropy and high sensitivity

VY Topolov, AN Isaeva, P Bisegna - Journal of Physics D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract A novel lead-free 1–3-type composite based on a ferroelectric domain-engineered
single crystal is put forward. In the porous polymer matrix of this composite, two different …