Piezoelectric materials are an important functional material in the modern world because
they are capable of converting electrical energy into mechanical energy and vice versa …

In broad terms, hydrothermal synthesis is a technology for crystallising materials (chemical
compounds) directly from aqueous solution by adept control of thermodynamic variables …

In the last few years, there has been tremendous effort to develop lead-free ferroelectric
ceramics with high piezoelectric properties by various doping and alloying routes. Several …

Global concerns over energy availability and the environment impose an urgent requirement
for sustainable manufacturing, usage, and disposal of electronic components. Piezoelectric …

Ferroelectric lead-free NaNbO 3-based ceramics are the most promising candidates to a
wide range of advanced technological applications as sensors, transducers and actuators …

The present article aims to give a brief overview about the advantages of the hydrothermal
crystallization method for the synthesis of advanced ceramics. Emphasis is given, not only …

Potassium sodium niobate nanopowders (KNN-NPs) were successfully synthesized by a
modified sol–gel method, using starch as the stabilization and polymerization agent …

A high sensitive label-free electrochemiluminescence (ECL) immunosensor was fabricated
for the detection of prostate specific antigen (PSA) based on potassium niobate-Au …

Synthesis by the hydrothermal method has various advantages, including low reaction
temperature, three-dimensional substrate availability, and automatic polarization alignment …

Ferroelectric ceramics were discovered in the 1940s in polycrystalline barium titanate (von
Hippel et al., 1946; Wul & Goldman, 1945), since then, there has been a continuous …