Alguero M., Gregg J.M., Mitoseriu L. (Eds.) Nanoscale Ferroelectrics and Multiferroics: Key Processing and Characterization Issues, and Nanoscale Effects. 2 Volume set

John Wiley & Sons Ltd, , West Sussex, UK, 2016. – 997 p. – ISBN: 1118935756This book reviews the key issues in processing and characterization of nanoscale ferroelectrics and multiferroics, and provides a comprehensive description of their properties, with an emphasis in differentiating size effects of extrinsic ones like boundary or interface effects. Recently described nanoscale novel phenomena are also addressed. Organized into three parts it addresses key issues in processing (nanostructuring), characterization (of the nanostructured materials) and nanoscale effects.
Taking full advantage of the synergies between nanoscale ferroelectrics and multiferroics, it covers materials nanostructured at all levels, from ceramic technologies like ferroelectric nanopowders, bulk nanostructured ceramics and thick films, and magnetoelectric nanocomposites, to thin films, either polycrystalline layer heterostructures or epitaxial systems, and to nanoscale free standing objects with specific geometries, such as nanowires and tubes at different levels of development.
The book is developed from the high level European scientific knowledge platform built within the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action on Single and multiphase ferroics and multiferroics with restricted geometries (SIMUFER, ref. MP0904). Chapter contributors have been carefully selected, and have all made major contributions to knowledge of the respective topics, and overall, they are among most respected scientists in the field.
Contents Volume I
Introduction: Why Nanoscale Ferroelectrics and Multiferroics?
Part A
Nanostructuring: Bulk
Incorporation Mechanism and Functional Properties of Ce-Doped BaTiO3 Ceramics Derived from Nanopowders Prepared by the Modified Pechini Method
Synthesis and Ceramic Nanostructuring of Ferroic and Multiferroic Low-Tolerance-Factor Perovskite Oxides
Core–Shell Heterostructures: From Particle Synthesis to Bulk Dielectric, Ferroelectric, and Multiferroic Composite Materials
Modeling of Colloidal Suspensions for the Synthesis of the Ferroelectric Oxides with Complex Chemical Composition
Nanostructuring: Thin Films
Self-Assemblage and Patterning of Thin-Film Ferroic Nanostructures
Thin-Film Porous Ferroic Nanostructures: Strategies and Characterization
Low-Temperature Photochemical Solution Deposition of Ferroelectric and Multiferroic Thin Films
Nanostructuring: Fibers and Wires
Synthesis and Properties of Ferroelectric Nanotubes and Nanowires: A Review
Fabrication of One-Dimensional Ferroelectric Nano- and Microstructures by Different Spinning Techniques and Their Characterization
Part B
Characterization (of the Nanostructured Materials): Crystal Structure
Structural Characterization of Ferroelectric and Multiferroic Nanostructures by Advanced TEM Techniques
Raman Spectroscopy of Nanostructured Ferroelectric Materials
Neutron and Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering Studies of Bulk and Nanostructured Multiferroic and Ferroelectric Materials
Characterization (of the Nanostructured Materials): Domains
Advanced Characterization of Multiferroic Materials by Scanning Probe Methods and Scanning Electron Microscopy
Electrostatic and Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy for Domain Imaging of Ferroic Systems
Contents Volume II
Introduction: Why Nanoscale Ferroelectrics and Multiferroics?
Part C
Nanoscale Effects: Bulk Properties
Nanostructured Barium Titanate Ceramics: Intrinsic versus Extrinsic Size Effects
The Effects of Ceramic Nanostructuring in High-Sensitivity Piezoelectrics
Correlation between Microstructure and Electrical Properties of Ferroelectric Relaxors
Local Field Engineering Approach for Tuning Dielectric and Ferroelectric Properties in Nanostructured Ferroelectrics and Composites
Nanoscale Effects: Thin-Film Properties
Ferroelectric Phase Transitions in Epitaxial Perovskite Films
Interfaces in Epitaxial Ferroelectric Layers/Multilayers and Their Effect on the Macroscopic Electrical Properties
Electric Field Control of Magnetism Based on Elastically Coupled Ferromagnetic and Ferroelectric Domains
Nanoscale Effects: Novel Phenomena and Applications
Ferroelectric Vortices and Related Configurations
Reentrant Phenomena in Relaxors
Functional Twin Boundaries: Multiferroicity in Confined Spaces
Novel Approaches for Genuine Single-Phase Room Temperature Magnetoelectric Multiferroics
Semiconducting and Photovoltaic Ferroelectric