Front Cover......Page 1
Functional Dielectrics for Electronics: Fundamentals of Conversion Properties......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
1.1. Basic elementary mechanisms of polarization......Page 20
1.2. Main features of polarization......Page 28
1.3. Peculiarities of polar crystal polarization......Page 33
1.4. Different atomic bonds......Page 37
1.5. Polar-sensitive atomic bonds......Page 41
1.6. Modeling of polar-sensitive bonds......Page 46
1.7. Thermodynamics of polarization processes......Page 52
1.8. Summary......Page 63
References......Page 68
2.1. Experimental evidence for polar sensitivity......Page 70
2.2. Charge transfer in polar-sensitive crystals......Page 77
2.3. Electrically induced polar properties......Page 89
2.4. Thermomechanically induced pyroelectricity......Page 94
2.5. Possible applications of artificially formed polarity......Page 108
2.6. Summary......Page 111
References......Page 112
Chapter 3: Thermal physics of polar crystals......Page 114
3.1. Specific heat of polar crystals......Page 117
3.2. Polar crystal thermal expansion......Page 120
3.3. Heat transfer in polar-sensitive crystals......Page 134
3.4. Summary......Page 146
Further reading......Page 149
Chapter 4: Pyroelectricity......Page 150
4.1. General characteristics of pyroelectrics......Page 151
4.2. Pyroelectric effect simulations......Page 156
4.3. Pyroelectric effect thermodynamic description......Page 163
4.4. Electrocaloric effect......Page 172
4.5. Summary......Page 177
References......Page 178
Chapter 5: Piezoelectricity......Page 180
5.1. General characteristics of piezoelectricity......Page 181
5.2. Model description of piezoelectricity......Page 188
5.3. Direct piezoelectric effect......Page 193
5.4. Converse piezoelectric effect......Page 207
5.5. Electromechanical resonance......Page 220
5.6. Thermodynamic description of piezoelectric effect......Page 229
5.7. Summary......Page 232
References......Page 235
Chapter 6: High permittivity microwave dielectrics......Page 236
6.1. Introduction and classifications......Page 237
6.2. Polarization mechanisms in microwave dielectrics......Page 240
6.3. Some examples of thermally stable microwave dielectrics......Page 260
6.4. Composite structures with microwave dielectrics......Page 274
6.5. Resonances in dielectric-air slit structures......Page 289
6.6. Summary......Page 297
References......Page 299
Further reading......Page 302
Index......Page 304
Back Cover......Page 314