Lead zirconate (PbZrO 3 or PZ)-based antiferroelectric (AFE) materials, as a group of
important electronic materials, have attracted increasing attention for their potential …

Ferroelectrics, with their spontaneous switchable electric polarization and strong coupling
between their electrical, mechanical, thermal, and optical responses, provide functionalities …

The electrocaloric effect (ECE) refers to conversion of thermal to electrical energy of
polarizable materials and could form the basis for the next-generation refrigeration and …

This review paper begins with a brief overview of the most common ferroelectric materials,
the perovskites and the Aurivillius families. The epitaxial growth of ferroelectric epitaxial films …

Pyroelectrics are a material class that undergoes a change in polarization as the
temperature of the system is varied. This effect can be utilized for applications ranging from …

We examine a prototype graphene field effect sensor for the study of the dielectric constant,
pyroelectric coefficient, and ferroelectric polarization of 100–300 nm epitaxial (Ba, Sr) TiO3 …

The exploration of electrocaloric cooling is of great importance to address the environmental
and energy-efficiency issues in the currently available refrigeration technologies. Although …

The pyroelectric properties of polydomain epitaxial Pb (Zr 1-x, Ti x) O 3 thin films are
investigated using a Ginzburg–Landau–Devonshire thermodynamic model. We explore the …

Misfit strain–temperature phase diagrams of three compositions of (001) pseudocubic (1− x)·
Pb (Mg l/3 Nb 2/3) O 3− x· PbTiO 3 (PMN–PT) thin films are computed using a …

A nonlinear thermodynamic model is used to investigate the influence of thermal stresses on
the room temperature (RT) pyroelectric properties of (001)-textured polycrystalline barium …