This compilation is a useful one-stop resource for understanding the most important issues in advances in electroceramic materials, covering topics such as design, synthesis, characterization, and properties and applications. This volume contains a collection of papers from the Advanced Dielectric Materials and Electronic Devices and Electroceramics Technologies symposia held during MS&T 08.
Table of Contents:
Preface ix
DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION
Ceramic-Polymer Dielectric Composites Produced via Directional Freezing 3
E.P. Gorzkowski and M.-J. Pan
Low-Temperature Fabrication of Highly Loaded Dielectric Films Made of Ceramic-Polymer Composites for 3D Integration 11
Jong-hee Kim, Eunhae Koo, Young Joon Yoon, and Hyo Tae Kim
Effect of Rare Earth Elements Doping on the Electrical Properties of (Ba,Sr)Ti03 Thin Film Capacitors 21
N. Kamehara and K. Kurihara
Microwave Processing of Dielectrics for High Power Microwave Applications 27
Isabel K. Lloyd, Yuval Carmel, Otto C. Wilson, Jr., and Gengfu Xu
Ferroelectric Domains in Lead Free Piezoelectric Ceramics 33
Toshio Ogawa and Masahito Furukawa
Fabrication of SrTi4Bi4015 Piezoelectric Ceramics with Oriented Structure Using Magnetic Field-Assisted Shaping and Subsequent Sintering Processing (MFSS) 39
Satoshi Tanaka, Kazunori Mishina and Keizo Uematsu
Recent Investigations of Sr-Ca-Co-0 Thermoelectric Materials 47
W. Wong-Ng, G. Liu, M. Otani, E. L. Thomas, N. Lowhorn, M.L. Green, and J.A. Kaduk
Preparation of Low-Loss Titanium Dioxide for Microwave Frequency Applications 59
L. Zhang, K. Shqau, H. Verweij, G. Mumcu, K. Sertel, and J.L. Volakis
Analytic Methods for Determination of Activation Energy Using the Master Sintering Curve Approach 67
Matthew Schurwanz and Stephen J. Lombardo
Surface Analysis of Nano-Structured Carbon Nitride Films for Microsensors 79
Choong W. Chang, Ju N. Kim, Yoen H. Jeong, Young J. Seo, S. Chowdhury, and Sung P. Lee
Gas Permeability in Nanoporous Substrates 89
S. J. Lombardo, J.W. Yun, and S. Patel
PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS
Texturing of PMN-PT Ceramics via Templated Grain Growth (TGG): Issues and Perspectives 101
Mohammad E. Ebrahimi
Electrical Characterization and Dielectric Relaxation of Au/Porous Silicon Contacts 113
M. Chavarria and F. Fonthai
Structural and Dielectric Properties of the Naa5Bia5Ti03-NaTa03 Ceramic System 121
Jakob König, Matja Spreitzer, Bostjan Jancar, and Danilo Suvorov
Piezoelectric Behavior of the Blended Systems (NYLON 6/NYLON 11) 129
S.A. Pande, D.S. Kelkar, and D.R. Peshwe
Dielectric Properties of BaTi03 Doped with Er203, Yb203 Based on Intergranular Contacts Model 137
Vojislav Mitic, V. Paunovic, D. Mancic, Lj. Kocic, Lj. Zivkovic, and V.B. Pavlovic
Dielectric Properties of ACu3Ti4012-type Perovskites 145
Matthew C. Ferrarelli, Derek C. Sinclair and Anthony R. West
Dielectric Properties of Rare Earth Doped Sr-M Hexaferrites 155
Anterpreet Singh, S. Bindra Narang, Kulwant Singh, and R.K. Kotnala
High Temperature Piezoelectric Properties of Some Bismuth Layer-Structured Ferroelectric Ceramics 167
Tadashi Takenaka, Hajime Nagata, Toji Tokutsu, Kazuhiro Miyabayashi, and Yuji Hiruma
Effective Size of Vacancies in the âÃ^÷^Ïâ,ÔßÏ^ Superstructure 177
Rick Ubic, Ganesanpotti Subodh, Mailadil T. Sebastian, Delphine Gout and Thomas Proffen
Effect of Dopants and Processing on the Microstructure and Dielectric Properties of CaCu3Ti4012 (CCTO) 187
Barry Bender and M. Pan
Author Index 199
