"Ferroelectric Materials: Synthesis and Characterization" ed. by Aime Pelaiz Barranco

This book offers the results of several researches covering fabrication, properties, theoretical topics, and phenomena at the nanoscale.

Ferroelectric materials receive great attention from the scientific international community because of the interesting phenomena they exhibit and their multiple applications such as transducers, capacitors, pyroelectric sensors, sonars, random access memories, etc. The demand for ferroelectric materials for technological applications enforced the in-depth research, in addition to the improvement of processing and characterization techniques.

Contents
Preface
1 Raman Spectra of Soft Modes in Ferroelectric Crystals
2 Origin of Piezoelectricity in Piezoelectric Ceramics from the Viewpoints of Elastic Constants Measured by Acoustic Wave Velocities
3 Perovskite-Based Mesostructures and Related Composites — Influence Exerted by Morphology and Interface
4 Polarization and Thermally Stimulated Processes in Lead-Free Ferroelectric Ceramics
5 Role of Ca off-Centering in Tuning Ferroelectric Phase Transitions in Ba(Zr,Ti)O3System
6 Dynamic Amplification of Optical Signals by Photorefractive Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals
7 New Properties and Applications of Polyvinylidene-Based Ferroelectric Polymer
8 RE2O3 Nanoparticles Embedded in SiO2 Glass Matrix — A Colossal Dielectric and Magnetodielectric Response
9 Biasing Effects in Ferroic Materials