Aurivillius phase materials : exploring lead-free ferroelectrics / Rajnish Kurchania, Oroosa Subohi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kurchania, Rajnish, author.

Subohi, Oroosa, author.

Contributor:

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP series in emerging technologies in optics and photonics.

IOP ebooks. 2021 collection.

IOP series in emerging technologies in optics and photonics

IOP ebooks. [2021 collection]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ferroelectric crystals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).

Other Title:

Aurivillius Phase Materials

Exploring lead-free ferroelectrics.

Place of Publication:

Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2021]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

Biography/History:

Dr. Rajnish Kurchania is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM) UK, Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a Chartered Scientist (CSci). He is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Physics at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal, India. He has held various administrative responsibilities such as Associate Dean (PG and PhD) and Head of the Department. Dr. Oroosa Subohi completed her post-graduate degree in Physics at Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, in 2000 and was awarded her PhD (Physics) by the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India, in 2015. She has authored more than 25 articles on ferroelectric and multiferroic ceramics in journals of international repute and has contributed an invited book chapter.

Summary:

This book provides an overview of Aurivillius phase layer structured ferroelectrics. With a focus on in-depth classification of Aurivillius phase oxides, this book explores the relationship between the unique structure and properties of this family of compounds.

Contents:

1. Introduction

1.1. General introduction

1.2. Materials classification on the basis of symmetry

1.3. The basics of ferroelectricity and related phenomenon

1.4. Classification of ferroelectrics

1.5. Aurivillius oxides

2. Odd number layered Aurivillius oxides

2.1. Single-layered oxides (m = 1) Bi2MoO6 and Bi2WO6

2.2. Three-layered oxides (m = 3) Bi4Ti3O12

2.3. Five-layered oxides (m = 5)

3. Even number layered Aurivillius oxides

3.1. Two-layered oxide (m = 2) structure

3.2. Four-layered oxides (m = 4)

4. Mixed layered Aurivillius phases

4.1. Structure of intergrowths

4.2. Ordering and disordering in intergrowths

4.3. Non-successive layer intergrowths

4.4. Multiferroic intergrowths

4.5. Ferroelectric intergrowth ceramics

4.6. Ferroelectric intergrowth thin films

4.7. The effect of doping in intergrowths

4.8. Summary

5. Applications and future perspectives of Aurivillius oxides

5.1. Ferroelectric random-access memory (FeRAM)

5.2. Resistive random-access memory (RRAM)

5.3. Acoustic piezoelectric sensor

5.4. Biosensors

5.5. Pressure sensors

5.6. Piezoelectric nanogenerator

5.7. Ultrasonic transducer

5.8. Multifunctional applications

5.9. Photocatalysts

5.10. Future scope of Aurivillius phase oxides.

Notes:

"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 18, 2022).

ISBN:

0-7503-3418-5

0-7503-3419-3

OCLC:

1291620491