Lead-Free Piezoelectrics is to provide a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals and developments in the field of lead-free materials and products to leading researchers in the world. The text presents chapters on demonstrated applications of the lead-free materials, which will allow readers to conceptualize the present possibilities and will be useful for both students and professionals conducting research on ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, smart materials, lead-free materials, and a variety of applications including sensors, actuators, ultrasonic transducers and energy harvesters.
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1. Domain Engineering and Phase Transformations.- 2. Ferroelectric Domains and Grain Engineering in Sr Bi2Ta2O9.- 3. Development of KNN-based Piezoelectric Ceramics.- 4. Low temperature Sintering of the Alkali-Niobate Ceramics.- 5. Lead-Free KNN-Based Piezoelectric Materials.- 6. Alkali niobate piezoelectric ceramics.- 7. Influence of the A/B stoichiometry on defect structure, sintering and microstructure in undoped and Cu-doped KNN.- 8. Sodium Bismuth Titanate Based Ceramics.- 9. Perovskite Lead-Free Piezoelectric Ceramics.- 10. Processing and Properties of Textured BNT-based Piezoelectrics.- 11. Crystal growth and electrical properties of Na0.5Bi0.5Ti O3–Ba Ti O3 single crystals.- 12. Nonstoichiometry in (Bi0.5Na0.5)Ti O3 Ceramics.- 13. Resonator Characteristics of Bismuth Layer Structured Ferroelectric Materials.- 14. Defect Control and Properties in Bismuth Layer Structured Ferroelectric Single Crystals.- 15. Processing and Properties of Textured Bismuth Layer Structured Ferroelectrics.- 16. Self-biased lead-free magnetoelectric laminates.- 17. Applications of lead-free piezoelectrics.