Provides a state-of-the-art collection of recent papers on electroceramic materials as presented at the 6th PAC RIM Conference.
Table of Contents:
Preface xi
High Temperature Superconductors: Processing and Properties
Effect of Initial Phases in Precursor on the Formation and Properties of BÍ2223 Sheathed With Ag-Cu Alloy 3
Yuichi Nakamura, Sohei Nakashima, Naoyuki Torii, Manabu Saigo, Ryoji Inada, and Akio Oota
Thickness Dependence of Critical Current Density in IBAD/PLD YBCO Coated Conductor 13
T. Matsushita, M. Kiuchi, K. Kimura, S. Miyata, A. Ibi, T. Muroga, Y. Yamada, and Y. Shiohara
Drastically Innovative BSCCO Long Length Wire by Controlled Over Pressure Sintering 23
K. Yamazaki, S. Kobayashi, T. Kato, K. Ohkura, K. Fujino, J. Fujikami, E. Ueno, N. Ayai, M. Kikuchi, K. Hayashi, K. Sato, and R. Hata
Single Grain YBa2Cu3Oy Porous Ceramic Superconductors 33
J.G. Noudem and E.S. Reddy
Benefits of Using a Nanostructured Target in Laser Ablation of Thin YBCO Films 45
P. Paturi, H. Huhtinen, M. Peurla, Yu.P. Stepanov, J. Raittila, and R. Laiho
Impurity-Doping Effects on Critical Current Properties in ErBa2Cu3Oy Films 57
S. Horn, Y. Ichino, Y. Yoshida, K. Matsumoto, T. Horide, M. Mukaida, A. Ichinose, R. Kita, J. Shimoyama, and K. Kishio
Synthesis of a New Copper Oxide "ln0 3Cuo.7Ba2LaCu20y" and Characterization of its Physical Properties 67
Masaaki Fujihara, Fumiaki Sato, Tatsuaki Nakano, Shiro Kambe, Osamu Ishii, and Masahiko Nishijima
Micro-Coulometry for Measuring Oxygen Content in Copper Oxides 77
Fumiaki Sato, Masaaki Fujihara, Shiro Kambe, and Osamu Ishii
Iodine Intercalation and Deintercalation of a Sr-Free Bi-Based Cuprate: Bi2(La,Na)2CuOz 85
Yoshiaki Tanaka, Makoto Nakanishi, Tatsuo Fujii, Jun Takada, Yoshihiro Kusano, and Yasunori Ikeda
Dielectric, Ferroelectric, Piezoelectric and Electrooptic Materials Progress in Ferroelectric Domain Engineering at the Micro/Nanoscale 93
Robert W. Eason, Sakellaris Mailis, Collin L. Sones, Alexander J. Boyland, Alistair C. Muir, Tleyane J. Sono, Jeffrey G. Scott, Christopher E. Valdivia, and lain T. Wellington
Domain Wall Engineering in Lead-Free Piezoelectric Materials for Enhanced Piezoelectric Properties 109
Satoshi Wada, Koichi Yako, Keisuke Yokoo, Hirofumi Kakemoto, and Takaaki Tsurumi
Observations of 180 Ferroelectric Domains through Lithium Niobate Using Bragg and Laue X-Ray Topography with the Application of Electric Fields 119
Terrence Jach, Stephen Durbin, Sungwon Kim, and Venkatraman Gopalan
Domain Engineering Ferroelectric Crystals for Nonlinear Optics Peter Powers 127
Role of Extrinsic Defects in Ferroelectric Domain Inversion of Lithium Niobate 143
Volkmar Dierolf and Christian Sandmann
Effects of Excess Bismuth Addition on Ferroelectric Properties and Memory Characteristics of Bi3 25La0 75Ti30i2 Thin Films Fabricated by Sputtering 155
Koji Fukushima, Masafumi Kobune, Toru Yamaji, Jun Yoshizumi, and Tetsuo Yazawa
Scanning Probe Methods for Characterization of Electrical Properties in Nano-Materials 163
Takuji Takahashi
Dielectric Permittivity Mapping With Non-Contact Microwave Probe for Dielectric Materials 175
Hirofumi Kakemoto, Song-Min Nam, Satoshi Wada, and Takaaki Tsurumi
Dielectric Anomaly in Perovskite Artificial Superlattices 185
Takaaki Tsurumi, Takakiyo Harigai, Hirohumi Kakemoto, and Satoshi Wada
Effects of Bismuth Deficiency on Piezoelectric Properties of (Bi0.5_xNa0.5Ti03)0.94(BaTi03) o.o6 Ceramics 193
Jiro Abe, Masafumi Kobune, Tetsuo Yazawa, Hiroshi Nishioka, Yasuhiro Nakai, and Shigeru Osaka
Electrical Property Improvement of CaBi4Ti4015 Ceramics by Doping and Grain Orientation 203
Yongxiang Li, Jiangtao Zeng, and Qingrui Yin
Electrical Properties of BaBi4Ti40i5 Ceramics Modified by Bi2Si05 217
Tomoaki Inoue, Masafumi Kobune, Jiro Abe, and Tetsuo Yazawa
Preparation and Characterization of Lead-Free Piezoelectric (K0 5Bi0 5)Ti03 Ceramics 227
Takashi Obayashi and Takahiro Wada
Ultra-Wide Bandwidth, Thin Film Electro-Optic Modulators 237
Pingsheng Tang, A.L. Meier, D. J. Towner, and B.W. Wessels
Refined Position of the Morphotropic Phase Boundary for Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)03-PbZr03-PbTi03 Ceramics 243
Masafumi Kobune, Yoko Maekawa, Atsushi Mineshige, Tetsuo Yazawa and Hiroshi Nishioka
Thermoelectric and Energy Harvesting Materials for Solid State Power Conversion Fabrication of Grain-Aligned Thick Films of Thermoelectric Oxides by an Electrophoretic Deposition Method under High Magnetic Fields 257
Taichi Okamoto, Shigeru Horii, Toshiaki Kumagai, Jun-ichi Shimoyama, Kohji Kishio, Tetsuo Uchikoshi, Tohru Suzuki, and Yoshio Sakka
Microstructure Studies of Ca3Co409 Thin Films on Glass Substrates 267
Y.F. Hu, E. Sutter, W.D. Si, and Qiang Li
Improving Thermoelectric Device Performance and Durability through the Integration of Advanced, Aerogel-Based Ceramics 275
Jeff Sakamoto, Thierry Caillât, Jean-Pierre Fleurial, Steve Jones, Jong-Ah Paik, and Winny Dong
Control of Magnetic Anisotropy in (Bi1_xPbx)2(/AE1_ynEy)2Co2Oz and Fabrication of Magnetically Aligned Bulks 291
T. Kumagai, S. Horn, T. Okamoto, J. Shimoyama, K. Kishio, T. Uchikoshi, T.S. Suzuki, Y. Sakka, M. Mikami, and R. Funahashi
High-Quality Epitaxial Film Growth of Superconducting Sodium-Cobalt Oxyhydrate, Na0 3Co02 · 1.3H20 303
Kenji Sugiura, Hiromichi Ohta, Kenji Nomura, Hiroshi Yanagi, Masahiro Hirano, Hideo Hosono, and Kunihito Koumoto
Effect of Grain Size of Precursor Powder on Thermoelectric Properties of Textured Ca3Co409 Compounds 311
M. Mikami, N. Ando, S. Urata, R. Funahashi, E. Guilmeau, and D. Chateigner
Investigation of Thermoelectric Properties of Metallic NaxCo204 Materials 323
Xiaofeng Tang, Ed Abbott, J.K. Kolis, Kelvin Aaron, and Terry M. Tritt
Preparation and Thermoelectric Properties of Highly Oriented Na1 5Co204 and Ca3Co409 Ceramics by the Spark Plasma Sintering Method 333
Keishi Nishio, Yasushi Kaneko, Kazuhiko Fukuda, Tsutomu lida, Yoshihumi Takanashi, Atsuo Yasumori, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Kazuma Takahashi, Atsushi Torai, Kazuyasu Tokiwa, Tsuneo Watanabe, and Thoru Kineri
High-Temperature Thermoelectric Performance of Strontium Titanate Degenerate Semiconductors 343
Hiromichi Ohta, S. Ohta, and K. Koumoto
Preparation and Anisotropie Thermoelectric Properties in Layered Cobaltite Thin Films 349
Tsutomu Kanno, Akihiro Sakai, Satoshi Yotsuhashi, Akihiro Odagawa, and Hideaki Adachi
Chemical Methods of Preparation of Electroceramics Impact of Solution Chemistry on Successfully Depositing Sol-Gel PZT Films Directly on Copper Surfaces 361
Mark D. Losego and Jon-Paul Maria
Sol-Gel Routes to Nanostructured Patterned Ferroelectric Thin Films with Novel Electronic and Optical Functions 371
Makoto Kuwabara, Yong Jun Wu, Juan Li, and T. Koga
Patterning of Ceramics—Site-Selective Deposition of Ceramic Thin Films Using Self-Assembled Monolayers 381
Yoshitake Masuda
Electrical Properties of Pt/(Y,Yb)Mn03/Hf02/Si Structure Constructed Through Chemical Solution Process 399
Kazuyuki Suzuki, Yiping Guo, Kaori Nishizawa, Takeshi Miki, and Kazumi Kato
Controlling of Surface and Humidity Detecting Properties of Potassium Tantalate Films Fabricated by a Hydrothermal Electrochemical Method 407
Takashi Hashizume, Atsushi Saiki, Kiyoshi Terayama, and Takeshi Torishima
Preparation of Preferentially Oriented BaTi03 Thin Film by Hydrothermal Soft Chemical Process 415
Koji Kajiyoshi, Qi Feng, Kazumichi Yanagisawa, Richard E. Riman, and George A. Rossetti
Synthesis and Characterization of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Layer Photocatalysts 423
Shuji Ichimura, Hiroshi Ebisu, and Kazumi Kato
Effects of pH Control on Preparation of Z-Type Hexagonal Ferrite Ba3C02Fe24041 by Polymerized Complex Method 435
Makoto Nakanishi, Asako Akiyama, Tatsuo Fujii, Jun Takada, Takeyuki Kikuchi, and Yoshihiro Kusano
Effect of Pyrolysis Temperatures on ZnO Films on Soda-Lime-Silica Glass Substrates Prepared by Chemical Solution Deposition 441
Kyu-Seog Hwang, Jun-Hyung An, Hyun-Wook Ryu, Young-Sun Jeon, and Kyung-Ok Jeon
Effect of Ba Substitution on Structure and Electrical Properties of SrRu03 449
Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Yoko Suyama, and Hisao Suzuki
Alkoxy-Derived Photochromic Zr02 Precursor 457
Kaori Nishizawa, Takeshi Miki, Kazuyuki Suzuki, and Kazumi Kato
Fundamental Properties of Conducting and Magnetic Electroceramics Transparent Conducting Properties in Layered Oxychalcogenides 467
Kazushige Ueda, Hidenori Hiramatsu, Masahiro Hirano, Toshio Kamiya, and Hideo Hosono
ZnO:Ga-Based Transparent Conductive Films: An Attractive Potential For Use in Flat Panel Display 475
Tetsuya Yamamoto, Takahiro Yamada, Toshiyuki Sakemi, Sho Shirakata, Minoru Osada, Seiichi Kishimoto, Kiyoshi Awai, Hisao Makino, and Tooru Mitsunaga
Coloration and Bleaching Phenomena of Amorphous W03 Films Due to the Electrochemical Insertion of Divalent Cations 491
Y. Domori, T. Nanba, Y. Miura, and S. Sakida
Preparation of Z-Type Hexagonal Ferrite, Co2Z, Using Alkaline Halide Method 497
Akira Sasaki, Makoto Nakanishi, Tatsuo Fujii, and Jun Takada
Preparation and Characterization of FeTi03-Fe203 Solid Solution System 505
Miki Yamashita, Makoto Nakanishi, Tatsuo Fujii, Jun Takada, Hideki Yoshikawa, Yuuji Saitoh, Shin-ichi Fujimori, and Keisuke Kobayashi
Oxygen Relaxation of ΖΡ^.χΥχΟζ-χ^ (X = 0.04, 0.08, and 0.15) Ceramics Observed by Internal Friction Measurement 513
Masakuni Ozawa, Tetu Kuwahara, and Kenji Tuchita
Study on Nonvolatile Memory Based on Electric-Pulse-lnduced Reversible Resistance Change Effect 519
Qun Wang, Lidong Chen, Rui Dong, Dashan Shang, and Xiaomin Li
Author Index 527
About the Author :
Dr. Robert Schwartz is a Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Associate Chair for Graduate Programs at the University of Missouri – Rolla. Dr. Schwartz conducts research on piezoelectric composites, dielectric materials, and the chemical synthesis of electronic materials. Dr. Schwartz was previously employed as Associate and Assistant Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at Clemson University from 1997 through 2002, as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories from 1989 through 1997, and as a Research Engineer at BFGoodrich from 1980 through 1984. Dr. Schwartz received his B.S. degree in science education and his M.S. degree in chemistry, both from North Carolina State University. He received his Ph.D. in ceramic engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, in 1989. Dr. Schwartz is the holder of two patents, has published approximately 90 papers, and has written five book chapters.
