Piezoelectric Materials (eBook)

Analyze the foundational materials of the electronics industry

In recent years piezoelectric materials have become one of the world's most important classes of functional materials. Their ability to convert between mechanical and electrical energy makes them indispensable for sensors, transducers, actuators, catalysts, and many other foundational electronic devices. As electronics industries expand at unprecedented rates, the range of applications for piezoelectric materials continues to grow.

Piezoelectric Materials offers a comprehensive overview of this group of materials, its key properties, and its applications. Beginning with the fundamental science of piezoelectric phenomena, it then analyzes different the numerous different classes of piezoelectric materials and their current and future industrial functions. The result is essential for engineers and materials scientists working in any number of areas.

Piezoelectric Materials readers will also find:

• Analysis of materials types include lead-based and lead-free piezoelectric materials, textured piezoceramics, piezoelectric thin films, and many more
• Detailed discussion of applications including dielectric energy storage and biomedical technology
• Authorship by a leading researcher of piezoelectric materials

Piezoelectric Materials is ideal for materials scientists, electronic engineers, polymer chemists, solid state chemists, and any other researchers or professionals working with these key materials.

Jiagang Wu, BA, PhD, SMF-PDF, is the director of the International Office at Sichuan University, China. He received his bachelor and doctoral degrees from Sichuan Unviersity in 2003 and 2008 respectively, and then worked as a Singapore Millennium Postdoctoral Fellow (SMF-PDF) at the National University of Singapore from 2008 to 2010. He was an Associate Professor at the Department of Materials Science, Sichuan University beginning in 2011 and was promoted to full professor in 2015. He has been awarded the National Natural Science Foundation - Outstanding Youth Foundation, the Royal Society - Newton Advanced Fellowship (2020), and the Elsevier Most Cited Chinese Researchers. His main research interest Is in the composition design and property modification of lead-free ferroelectric/piezoelectric/multiferroic materials.