Advances in Electroceramic Materials (eBook)

Preface ix

DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION

Ceramic-Polymer Dielectric Composites Produced via Directional
Freezing 3

E.P. Gorzkowski and M.-J. Pan

Low-Temperature Fabrication of Highly Loaded Dielectric Films
Made of Ceramic-Polymer Composites for 3D Integration 11

Jong-hee Kim, Eunhae Koo, Young Joon Yoon, and Hyo Tae
Kim

Effect of Rare Earth Elements Doping on the Electrical
Properties of (Ba,Sr)Ti03 Thin Film Capacitors 21

N. Kamehara and K. Kurihara

Microwave Processing of Dielectrics for High Power Microwave
Applications 27

Isabel K. Lloyd, Yuval Carmel, Otto C. Wilson, Jr., and Gengfu
Xu

Ferroelectric Domains in Lead Free Piezoelectric Ceramics
33

Toshio Ogawa and Masahito Furukawa

Fabrication of SrTi4Bi4015 Piezoelectric Ceramics with Oriented
Structure Using Magnetic Field-Assisted Shaping and Subsequent
Sintering Processing (MFSS) 39

Satoshi Tanaka, Kazunori Mishina and Keizo Uematsu

Recent Investigations of Sr-Ca-Co-0 Thermoelectric Materials
47

W. Wong-Ng, G. Liu, M. Otani, E. L. Thomas, N. Lowhorn, M.L.
Green, and J.A. Kaduk

Preparation of Low-Loss Titanium Dioxide for Microwave Frequency
Applications 59

L. Zhang, K. Shqau, H. Verweij, G. Mumcu, K. Sertel, and J.L.
Volakis

Analytic Methods for Determination of Activation Energy Using
the Master Sintering Curve Approach 67

Matthew Schurwanz and Stephen J. Lombardo

Surface Analysis of Nano-Structured Carbon Nitride Films for
Microsensors 79

Choong W. Chang, Ju N. Kim, Yoen H. Jeong, Young J. Seo, S.
Chowdhury, and Sung P. Lee

Gas Permeability in Nanoporous Substrates 89

S. J. Lombardo, J.W. Yun, and S. Patel

PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS

Texturing of PMN-PT Ceramics via Templated Grain Growth (TGG):
Issues and Perspectives 101

Mohammad E. Ebrahimi

Electrical Characterization and Dielectric Relaxation of
Au/Porous Silicon Contacts 113

M. Chavarria and F. Fonthai

Structural and Dielectric Properties of the Naa5Bia5Ti03-NaTa03
Ceramic System 121

Jakob König, Matja Spreitzer, Bostjan Jancar, and Danilo
Suvorov

Piezoelectric Behavior of the Blended Systems (NYLON 6/NYLON 11)
129

S.A. Pande, D.S. Kelkar, and D.R. Peshwe

Dielectric Properties of BaTi03 Doped with Er203, Yb203 Based on
Intergranular Contacts Model 137

Vojislav Mitic, V. Paunovic, D. Mancic, Lj. Kocic, Lj. Zivkovic,
and V.B. Pavlovic

Dielectric Properties of ACu3Ti4012-type Perovskites 145

Matthew C. Ferrarelli, Derek C. Sinclair and Anthony R.
West

Dielectric Properties of Rare Earth Doped Sr-M Hexaferrites
155

Anterpreet Singh, S. Bindra Narang, Kulwant Singh, and R.K.
Kotnala

High Temperature Piezoelectric Properties of Some Bismuth
Layer-Structured Ferroelectric Ceramics 167

Tadashi Takenaka, Hajime Nagata, Toji Tokutsu, Kazuhiro
Miyabayashi, and Yuji Hiruma

Effective Size of Vacancies in the
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177

Rick Ubic, Ganesanpotti Subodh, Mailadil T. Sebastian, Delphine
Gout and Thomas Proffen

Effect of Dopants and Processing on the Microstructure and
Dielectric Properties of CaCu3Ti4012 (CCTO) 187

Barry Bender and M. Pan

Author Index 199