Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric, and Dielectric Materials: Properties and Related Applications

Dear Colleagues,

We are preparing a Special Issue titled "Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric, and Dielectric Materials: Properties and Related Applications", Guest-Edited by Guangzhi Dong, to be published in [Materials] (IF: 3.4, ISSN 1996-1944).

Piezoelectric, ferroelectric, and dielectric materials have diverse functionalities that enable numerous applications, ranging from piezoelectric sensing to dielectric energy storage, which have attracted extensive research and development interests. This Special Issue will publish experimental and theoretical papers aiming to understand piezoelectric, ferroelectric, and dielectric properties, as well as their associated phenomena, in addition to applied papers dealing with the utilization of these materials in devices and systems.

This Special Issue includes—but is not limited to—the following areas:

• The fundamentals of piezoelectric, ferroelectric, dielectric, and electrostrain properties.
• Property characterization and property–structure relationship studies.
• Advances in processing techniques for high-performance functional materials.
• New systems, including ceramics, crystals, thin/thick films, and composites.
• Industrial applications of piezoelectric, ferroelectric, and dielectric materials, including piezoelectric transducers/sensors, ferroelectric memory devices, electrostrictive actuators, dielectric energy storage applications, etc.
• Challenges in and perspectives of development.

For this Special Issue, we invite authors to contribute research articles or reviews on the broad range of topics listed above.

Dr. Guangzhi Dong
Dr. Hang Luo
Dr. Baoyan Fan
Guest Editors

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• piezoelectrics
• ferroelectrics
• dielectrics
• relaxor
• electrostrain
• electromechanical
• energy storage
• electrocaloric
• electronic
• ceramics
• crystals
• films
• composites
• functional materials
• fundamentals
• processing
• theory
• characterization
• application