Cain M.G. (Ed.). Characterisation of Ferroelectric Bulk Materials and Thin Films

Springer, 2014. – 283 p. – ISBN: 978-1-4020-9310-4, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9311-1.Piezoelectric materials (and pyroelectrics and ferroelectrics) are used by industry in a very large range of applications. These include ultrasonic detectors, cleaners, imaging systems and sonar devices; ink-jet printer heads, diesel and gasoline fuel injectors for automobiles, trucks and vans; electronic memory devices such as Ferroelectric RAM; micro and nano positioning actuators, valves, motors and translators; RF filters, resonators and VCOs; among many other applications. There are many excellent books and reviews detailing the significance of this class of material—which can be polymer or ceramic; in bulk and thin film form; as 1D nano rods or wires to nanotubes and may also be processed as quantum dots. The properties of the materials have been shown, in some cases, to be dependent on their scale and dimension (as with many nanoscale material in fact) and perhaps, more importantly, the properties are highly nonlinear as regards to excitation voltage, mechanical stress and temperature. These factors make the development of measurement good practice and ultimately setting that down into documentary standards rather difficult.
The book is intended to occupy space in the research or technical lab where worked examples take the reader through some of the more tricky experimental methods.Electrical Measurement of Ferroelectric Properties
Piezoelectric Resonance
Direct Piezoelectric Measurement: The Berlincourt Method
Characterisation of Pyroelectric Materials
Interferometry for Piezoelectric Materials and Thin Films
Temperature Dependence of Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Properties of PZT Ceramics
Measurement and Modelling of Self-Heating in Piezoelectric Materials and Devices
Piezoresponse Force Microscopy
Indentation Stiffness Analysis of Ferroelectric Thin Films
Losses in Piezoelectrics via Complex Resonance Analysis
Dielectric Breakdown in Dielectrics and Ferroelectric Ceramics
Standards for Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Ceramics