The lead-free sodium bismuth titanate (BNT) system has been extensively investigated in
the past decade due to its multi-functional electro-active properties. Here, we present a …

The elimination of lead in piezoelectric applications remains challenging. Since the
advances in the piezoelectricity were found in the perovskite family in 2000, studies into lead …

High strain piezoelectric ceramics are the state-of-the-art materials for high precision,
positioning devices. A comprehensive review of the latest developments of the various types …

Piezoelectric materials are known to mankind for more than a century, with numerous
advancements made in both scientific understandings and practical applications. In the last …

High-performance piezoceramics are some of the most important and widely used materials,
and as such research into this topic is at the forefront of high-technology advanced …

After twenty years of partly quiet and ten years of partly enthusiastic research into lead-free
piezoceramics there are now clear prospects for transfer into applications in some areas …

Reducing or even prohibiting the use of toxic lead in electronic devices has become one of
the most cutting-edge topics in various disciplines. The recently proposed phase boundary …

abstract In this review, the evolution of high strain Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 TiO 3-based lead-free
piezoceramics and their multilayer actuators has been explored. First, in terms of Na 0.5 Bi …

In response to the current environmental regulations against the use of lead in daily
electronic devices, a number of investigations have been performed worldwide in search for …

Temperature-dependent dielectric permittivity of 0.94 (Bi 1/2 Na 1/2) TiO 3-0.06 BaTiO 3
(BNT-6BT) lead-free piezoceramics was studied to disentangle the existing unclear issues …