Course Introduction
Ferroelectric materials are a class of electronic functional materials that exhibit spontaneous polarization domains, giving rise to important properties. They have been widely applied in the development of electronic devices for acoustic, electrical, information, and electromechanical conversion applications, including high-dielectric capacitors, thermoelectric sensors, piezoelectric transducers, optoelectronic devices, thermistors, ferroelectric memories, and, more recently, magnetoelectric composite materials and devices. It can be said that in modern electronic devices, ferroelectric devices play a role just as indispensable as semiconductor devices.
This course will cover the fundamental theories and background of ferroelectric materials, practical ferroelectric materials, their physical properties, general fabrication methods, various ferroelectric devices, device design, and applications. A background in solid-state physics and undergraduate-level mathematics is required. The course is mainly intended for graduate students in Materials Science and Engineering, Electronics, and Physics.
Course Materials
1. Functional Materials, Author: Yu Hongquan, Beijing Jiaotong University Press, 2014.
2. Functional Materials, Author: Li Changqing, Harbin Institute of Technology Press, 2014.
References
(1) Textbook from Pennsylvania State University: Ferroelectric Devices, Kenji Uchino.
(2) J.A. Gonzalo and B. Jimenez, Ferroelectricity, Wiley-VCH, Germany, 2005.
(3) Takuro Ikeda, Fundamentals of Piezoelectricity, Oxford University Press, 1990.
(4) Yuhuan Xu, Ferroelectric Materials and Their Applications, Elsevier, Amsterdam/New York, 1991.
(5) Karin M. Rabe, Charles H. Ahn, Jean-Marc Triscone, Physics of Ferroelectrics: A Modern Perspective, Springer, Berlin/New York, 2007.
(6) Peter K. Davies, David J. Singh, Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics, American Institute of Physics, Williamsburg, Virginia/Melville, N.Y., 2003.
(7) Zhong Weilie, Ferroelectric Physics, Science Press, 1998.
