Ferroelectrics - Principles And Applications

Combining both fundamental principles and real-life applications in a single volume, this book discusses the latest research results in ferroelectrics, including many new ferroelectric materials for the latest technologies, such as capacitors, transducers and memories.
The first two chapters introduce dielectrics and microscopic materials properties, while the following chapter discusses pyroelectricity and piezoelectricity. The larger part of the text is devoted to ferroelectricity and ferroelectric ceramics, with not only their fundamentals but also applications discussed. The book concludes with a look at the future for laser printed materials and applications.
With over 600 references to recent publications on piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials, this is an invaluable reference for physicists, materials scientists and engineers.

Ashim Kumar Bain received his physics degree from the Rajshahi University, Bangladesh, in 1989 and obtained his PhD in materials science from the Dnepropetrovsk State Medical Academy, Ukraine, in 1994. He was a postdoctoral research fellow (1995-1998) at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India. He worked as a lecturer (1998-2000) at the International University of Business Agriculture and Technology in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and as a senior scientific officer (2000-2002) at the Bangladesh Council of Scientific Industrial Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Currently, he is working as a freelance physicist in the UK.
Dr. Bain has authored 15 scientific publications and two books.

Prem Chand has a master's degree in physics and obtained his PhD degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India. After working at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India for almost 30 years he reached the highest position of Chief Scientist. Later he has served as director of an engineering college at Delhi-NCR-Sonepat, Haryana, India. Currently, he is serving as professor & head of physics in Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University in Haryana, India.
Prof. Chand has authored more than 90 scientific publications and two invited book chapters on ferroelectrics.