Materials exhibiting high energy/power density are currently needed to meet the growing
demand of portable electronics, electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage devices …

The projected increase in world energy consumption within the next 50 years, coupled with
low emission requirements, has inspired an enormous effort towards the development of …

The demand for dielectric capacitors with higher energy‐storage capability is increasing for
power electronic devices due to the rapid development of electronic industry. Existing …

Investigations in the development of lead-free piezoelectric ceramics have recently claimed
comparable properties to the lead-based ferroelectric perovskites, represented by Pb (Zr, Ti) …

The draft genome of the pear (Pyrus bretschneideri) using a combination of BAC-by-BAC
and next-generation sequencing is reported. A 512.0-Mb sequence corresponding to 97.1 …

Due to the nature of domains, ferroics, including ferromagnetic, ferroelectric, and ferroelastic
materials, exhibit hysteresis phenomena with respect to external driving fields (magnetic …

Ferroelectrics are essential components in a wide range of applications, including ultrasonic
transducers, sensors, and actuators. In the single crystal form, relaxor-PbTiO 3 (PT) …

Piezoelectric materials, which respond mechanically to applied electric field and vice versa,
are essential for electromechanical transducers. Previous theoretical analyses have shown …

Electrostatic dielectric capacitors are essential components in advanced electronic and
electrical power systems due to their ultrafast charging/discharging speed and high power …

Piezoelectric materials that can function at high temperatures without failure are desired for
structural health monitoring and/or nondestructive evaluation of the next generation turbines …