This work reports on the development of a Lead Lanthanum Zirconate Titanate (PLZT) bulk ferroelectric poled ceramic structure as a Piezoelectric Plethysmograph (PZPG) sensor. The ceramic was implanted during its fabrication with a platinum (Pt) wire which works as an internal electrode. The ceramic was then submitted to an experimental setup in order to validate and determine the Pt-wire mechan...

Layer splitting by helium and/or hydrogen implantation and wafer bonding was applied to transfer thin single-crystalline ferroelectric layers onto different substrates. The optimum conditions for achieving blistering/splitting after post-implantation annealing were experimentally obtained for LiNbO3, LaAlO3, SrTiO3 single crystals and PLZT ceramic. Under certain implantation conditions large ar...

Polymer-ceramic composites have gained considerable attention in flexible electronic devices due to their uncommon features such as high dielectric constant, low conductivity, and good mechanical flexibility. The electrical responses of various components (ceramic grain & boundary, polymer chains, interface) need be elucidated rationally design high-performance polymer-ceramic composites. This ...

Ferroelectric-relaxor behavior of Ba(Zr0.3Ti0.7)O3 nanofibers (BZT NF) with a large aspect ratio were prepared via electrospinning and surface modified by PVP as dielectric fillers. The nanocomposite flexible films based on surface modified BZT NF and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) were fabricated via a solution casting. The results show that the surface-modified BZT NF fillers are highly dispe...

Mode I steady crack growth is analyzed to determine the toughening due to domain switching in ferroelectric ceramics with electric field applied parallel to the crack front. A multi-axial, electromechanically coupled, incremental constitutive theory is applied to model the material behavior of the ferroelectric ceramic. The constitutive law is then implemented within the finite element method t...

To meet measurement needs in harsh environments, such as high temperature and rotating applications, a wireless passive Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics (LTCC) temperature sensor based on ferroelectric dielectric material is presented in this paper. As a LC circuit which consists of electrically connected temperature sensitive capacitor and invariable planar spiral inductor, the sensor has its...

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Lanthanum substituted lead zirconate titanate (PLZT) nanocrystallite with stichometry formula Pb0.90La0.10 (Zr0.52Ti0.48) O3 have been synthesized by sol gel process. The effect of nanocrystallite on dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of La substituted PZT was studied. The average crystallite size of the PLZT powder was 21nm.Variation of dielectric constant with temperature ...