Coupled Structural and Elastic Response Studies of the Phase Transformation Behaviour of Environment-Friendly, Lead-free Piezoceramics

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    A range of promising environment-friendly i.e. lead free, piezoelectrically active materials will be synthesized and their structural, electromechanical and elastic strain behaviour systematically investigated over a wide range of compositions and temperatures. The measured electromechanical and elastic strain properties will be correlated with detailed structural and micro-structural studies carried out using state-of-the-art diffraction and imaging techniques. The factors that control the capacity of piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials to respond to applied stress and electric field will be systematically investigated. It is anticipated that new types of piezo-ceramics will be identified.
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date1/01/0831/12/11

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