Piezoelectric Materials

Auteur

N. B. Singh is an emeritus professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and is associated with the Research and Development Cell of Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. Formerly he was the head of the Chemistry Department and dean of the Faculty of Science of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India. He owns three patents and his areas of research are solid-state chemistry, materials science, cement chemistry, thermodynamics, and water purification.

Dev Kumar Mahato is an associate professor and head of the Department of Physics and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Patna, India. He was awarded the Indian Academy of Science fellowship in 2014 and the ISCAS Smt. Mayadevi Juneja Endowment Medal in 2018. His areas of research are solid-state chemistry, materials science, cement chemistry, thermodynamics, and water purification, with a focus on multifunctional bulk and nanoceramic materials for device applications.

Texte du rabat

This book comprises various chapters on these smart materials, which encourage more materials research efforts to develop better ferroelectric and electrostrictive ceramics for future applications. Several methods have been discussed in the chapters based on their cost and applications.

Contenu

1. Introduction to Piezoelectricity 2. Manufacturing Methods for Piezoelectric Ceramic Materials 3. PZT-Based Piezoelectric Materials: From Synthesis to Functional Properties and Diverse Applications 4. Design and Application of Piezoelectric Biomaterials 5. Perovskite Structure Materials and Contribution to Technology Advancement 6. Piezoelectric Materials in Sensors: An Overview 7. Transition Metal Doped Piezoelectric Materials for Sensor Applications 8. Piezoelectric Materials in the Sound Industry 9. Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting 10. Piezoelectric Materials and Their Applications in Electrochemical Processes 11. Application-Oriented Materials Development: High-Power Piezoelectric Materials 12. Future Uses of the Piezoelectric Effect for Energy Production 13. Applications of Smart Piezoelectric Materials for Medical Devices 14. Piezoelectric Materials and Their Applications in Civil Engineering 15. Lead-Free Piezoelectric Materials and Their Applications 16. Lithium Doped Lead-Free Piezoelectric Materials 17. Virus-Based Piezoelectric Energy Generation 18. Development in Lead-Free Perovskite Piezoelectric Bulk Materials 19. Lead-Free Hybrid Materials for Next-Generation Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting 20. 3D Printed Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters: Materials, 3D Printing Techniques, and Applications