The study of composite effects of functional ceramics and its potential applications

Author

Wang, Y.L. ; Roseman, R.D. ; Buchanan, R.C.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Ceramics, Acad. Sinica, Shanghai, China

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

18-21 Aug 1996

Firstpage

739

Abstract

Functional ceramics have come into a new era with the concept that materials may exhibit combined effects or various functional properties which can be composed together to form a new material, device or system. Several examples which are now being studied and developed are introduced: Ceramic damping and acoustic dumb devices through piezoelectric+electrostrictive; Optical memory devices developed by photovoltaic+ferroelectric; Pyroelectric transformers taking advantage of PTC+pyroelectric; Pyroelectric energy converters obtained by induced phase transitions (F_RI/F_RH); Smart actuators by induce phase transition effects. Principles and experimental results are discussed

Keywords

ceramics; composite materials; ferroelectric materials; intelligent materials; piezoceramics; pyroelectricity; PTC/pyroelectric material; acoustic dumb device; ceramic damping; composite effect; functional ceramic; induced phase transition; optical memory; photovoltaic/ferroelectric material; piezoelectric/electrostrictive material; pyroelectric energy converter; pyroelectric transformer; smart actuator; Acoustic devices; Ceramics; Damping; Optical devices; Optical materials; Photovoltaic systems; Piezoelectric devices; Pyroelectricity; Solar power generation; Transformers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applications of Ferroelectrics, 1996. ISAF '96., Proceedings of the Tenth IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

East Brunswick, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3355-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISAF.1996.598130

Filename

598130