Ferroic Materials-Based Technologies

Inamuddin, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Department of Applied Chemistry, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He has extensive research experience in the multidisciplinary fields of analytical chemistry, materials chemistry, electrochemistry, renewable energy, and environmental science. He has worked on different research projects funded by various government agencies and universities and is the recipient of awards, including the Department of Science and Technology, India, Fast-Track Young Scientist Award, and Young Researcher of the Year Award 2020 from Aligarh Muslim University. He has published about 210 research articles in various international scientific journals, 18 book chapters, and 170 edited books with multiple well-known publishers. Tariq Altalhi, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Taif University, Saudi Arabia, where he has served as the head of the chemistry department and vice dean of the science college. He has co-edited various scientific books and established key contacts in major industries in Saudi Arabia. His group is involved in fundamental multidisciplinary research in nanomaterial synthesis and engineering, characterization, and application in molecular separation, desalination, membrane systems, drug delivery, and biosensing. Mohammad Abu Jafar Mazumder, PhD, is a professor of chemistry, King Fahd University, Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia. His research focuses on the design, synthesis, modification, and characterization of various modified monomers and polymers for potential use in the inhibition of mild corrosion in oil and gas industries. As a chartered chemist of the Association of Chemical Profession in Ontario, Canada, he has published 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited 8 books with multiple well-known publishers.

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1 Ferroic Materials: From Past to Present 1
Sandeep Yadav, Pallavi Jain and Prashant Singh

2 An Overview of Ferroic Materials 19
M. Rizwan, K. Nawaz, F. Arooj, F. Noor and A. Ayub

3 Future Perspectives of Ferroic/Multiferroic Materials 35
Sajida Shamsher, Maria Wasim, Aneela Sabir, Muhammad Sahfiq, Abdur Rehman Mushtaq Ahmad and Ishna Adeefa

4 Basic Principles and Measurement Techniques of Electrocaloric Effect in Ferroelectric Materials 55
Madhushree P., N. S. Kiran Kumar, P. Saidi Reddy and K. C. Sekhar

5 Ferroelectric/Ferroelastoelectric Materials: Preparation, Improvement, and Characterizations 99
Serkan Baslayici and Mehmet Bugdayci

6 Elastocaloric Effect in Ferroelectric Materials 125
Uzma Hira, Uswa Ameen and Atfa Ashraf

7 Effective Flexomagnetic/Flexoelectric Sensitivity in Ferroics / Nanosized Ferroic Materials 157
Uzma Hira and Asifa Safdar

8 Advancements in Ferroic Thin Films, Multilayers, and Heterostructures 173
Abdur Rehman Mushtaq Ahmad, Maria Wasim, Aneela Sabir, Muhammad Shafiq, Rafi Ullah Khan and Farhan Asghar

9 Physics of Multiferroic Materials 207
M. Rizwan, A. Ayub and S. Ilyas

10 Overview of Comparison Between Primary Ferroic Crystals with Secondary Ferroic Crystals 227
V. Renuga

11 Robust Domain Boundary Engineering of Ferroic and Multiferroic Materials 257
Uzma Hira, Ayeza Arshad and Abdul Sattar

12 Magnetoelectric, Dielectric, and Optical Characteristics of Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Materials 279
M. S. Hasan, Sabahat Urossha, M. Zulqarnain and S. S. Ali

13 Ferroic Characteristics of Metal-Halide Perovskites 305
Nawishta Jabeen, Ahmad Hussain, Najam ul Hassan and Jazib Ali

References 321

Index 327