Barium titanate is a member of a large family of compounds with the general formula ABO3 called perovskites, as the crystal size of barium titanate increases and at critical crystalline size crystal structure of barium titanate transformed from cubic to tetragonal. Transformation of crystal structure is also take place at Curi temperature. Cubic structure show paramagenatic behavior while tetra...

Cu-doped TiO2 nanopowders were prepared by sonochemical-assisted process via a precursor solution of titanium isopropoxide, copper nitrate trihydrate and sodium hydroxide in the presence of polyvinyl alcohol in combination with calcinations process. The as-synthesized products were calcined at various temperatures ranging from 500-1000°C. The physical microstructures, morphologies and chemical ...

Title of dissertation: LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE THIN FILMS FOR PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATION AND SENSING OF MEMS RESONATORS Brett Harold Piekarski, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Dissertation directed by: Professor Donald DeVoe Department of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering Graduate Program This research is focused on examining the potential benefits and limitations of applying sol-gel lead zirco...

The bias-field-dependent dielectricity of ferroelectric thin films is studied by use of a multilayer model capable of modeling saturated and unsaturated hysteresis behavior under arbitrary fields. The simulated minor hysteresis loops at different bias fields are used to calculate the variation of dielectric permittivity with the bias field. The -E loops show asymmetric shifting along the field ...