Understanding of basic phenomena connected with electromechanical properties of solid materials. Overview of electromechanical (piezoelectric, ferroelectric, electrostrictive) properties of materials representing different classes of solids (pure piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, ferroelastics and higher order ferroics, crystals, ceramics, composites, thin films, and so on) and macroscopic description of how their electromechanical features relate to other macroscopic properties.
Author(s): Jan Tichý, Jiří Erhart, Erwin Kittinger, Jana Přívratská (auth.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 207
Tags: Optical and Electronic Materials; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods; Mechanical Engineering
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Principles of Piezoelectricity....Pages 1-14
Introduction to Phenomenological Crystal Structure....Pages 15-29
Elastic Properties of Crystals....Pages 31-53
Basic Thermodynamics of Piezoelectric Crystals....Pages 55-68
Piezoelectric Properties....Pages 69-100
Nonlinear Material Properties....Pages 101-117
Piezoelectric Materials....Pages 119-185
Back Matter....Pages 187-207