Lupascu D.C. Fatigue in Ferroelectric Ceramics and Related Issues

Springer, 2004. — 225 p. — ISBN: 978-3-642-07301-4.The Springer Series in Materials Science covers the complete spectrum of materials physics,
including fundamental principles, physical properties, materials theory and design.
Recognizing the increasing importance of materials seience in future device technologies, the book titles in this series re fleet the state-of-the-art in understanding and controlling the structure and properties of all important classes of materials.Symbols and Abbreviations.Document Structure.
Fatigue.
Historieal.
Ferroeleetrieity and Piezoelectrieity.
The Lead-Zireonate-Titanate Crystal System.
Defeets in PZT.
Maeroseopie Fatigue.
Point Defeets and Fatigue.
Domain Pinning, Aging, and Imprint.
Eleetrodes and Thin Films.
Crystal- and Mierostrueture.
Temperature Dependenee of Fatigue.
Switehing, Relaxation, and Rate Dependeneies.
Mieroeraeking.
Models.
Fatigue-Free Systems.
Macroscopic Phenomenology.
Fatigue and Measurement Proeedures.
Polarization and Strain Loss.
Asymmetry and Offset-Polarization.
Anisotropy.
Leakage Current, Sample Coloring, and Relaxation.
Unipolar Fatigue.
Mixed Loading Fatigue.
Agglomeration and Microstructural Effects.
Agglomerates.
Grain Boundaries.
Agglomeration and Crystal Structure.
Domain Structure.
Unit Cell Volume.
The Oxygen Balance.
Microcracking.
Macrocracking, Delamination Fracture.
Acoustic Emission and Barkhausen Pulses.
Acoustic Emission Technique.
Polycrystalline Lead-Zirconate-Titanate.
Single Crystal Ferroelectrics.
Models and Mechanisms.
Fatigue Models for a Polycrystalline Ferroelectric.
Band Structure.
Point Defects and Dipoles.
Ion and Electron Motion.
Screening, Space Charges, and Domain Freezing.
Electrodes.
Grain Boundaries.
Agglomeration.
Crystallite Orientation and Anisotropies.
Relaxation Times.
Unclear Effects.
Recent Developments.
Material Modifications.
Grain Boundary and Grain Size.
Several Layers of Different Composition.
New or Modified Modelling Approaches.
Leakage Current.
Mechanical Effects.
Anisotropy of Fatigue.
Time and Relaxation Effects.
Electrode Geometry.
Layered Perovskite Ferroelectrics.
Uniaxial Ferroelectrics.A Solutions to Integrals.