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Physics
PHY 441: Dielectric material fundamentals and applications
Course Content:
Dielectric polarization. Dielectric relaxation. Dielectric loss. Dielectric spectroscopy.
Capacitors and insulators. Dielectric breakdown. Aging.
Piezoelectric effect. Piezoelectric ceramics and polymers, Coupling of thermal,
mechanical and electrical properties, Electrostriction, Ferroelectricity, Ferroelectric and
ferroelastic domains, Applications of piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials.
Selected topics in multiferroic materials, Pyroelectricity and pyroelectric materials and
devices.
Suggested Books:
- Dielectric phenomena in solids by Kwan Chi Kao, Elsevier academic press, 2004.
- Principle and applications of ferroelectrics and related materials, M.E. Lines and A.M. Glass, Oxford classic text, 2009.
- Principles of Electronic Ceramics, by L. L. Hench and J. K. West, Wiley
- Introduction to Ceramics, 2nd Edition, W. D. Kingery, H. K. Bowen, D. R. Uhlmann, Wiley
- Electroceramics: Materials, Properties, Applications, by A. J. Moulson and J. M.Herbert, Wiley.
Perquisites:Condensed matter physics, Thermal Physics, Statistical mechanics, Quantum Physics, Mathematical Physics
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