Advances in Electroceramic Materials

Preface ix

DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION

Ceramic-Polymer Dielectric Composites Produced via Directional Freezing 3
E.P. Gorzkowski and M.-J. Pan

Low-Temperature Fabrication of Highly Loaded Dielectric Films Made of Ceramic-Polymer Composites for 3D Integration 11
Jong-hee Kim, Eunhae Koo, Young Joon Yoon, and Hyo Tae Kim

Effect of Rare Earth Elements Doping on the Electrical Properties of (Ba,Sr)Ti03 Thin Film Capacitors 21
N. Kamehara and K. Kurihara

Microwave Processing of Dielectrics for High Power Microwave Applications 27
Isabel K. Lloyd, Yuval Carmel, Otto C. Wilson, Jr., and Gengfu Xu

Ferroelectric Domains in Lead Free Piezoelectric Ceramics 33
Toshio Ogawa and Masahito Furukawa

Fabrication of SrTi4Bi4015 Piezoelectric Ceramics with Oriented Structure Using Magnetic Field-Assisted Shaping and Subsequent Sintering Processing (MFSS) 39
Satoshi Tanaka, Kazunori Mishina and Keizo Uematsu

Recent Investigations of Sr-Ca-Co-0 Thermoelectric Materials 47
W. Wong-Ng, G. Liu, M. Otani, E. L. Thomas, N. Lowhorn, M.L. Green, and J.A. Kaduk

Preparation of Low-Loss Titanium Dioxide for Microwave Frequency Applications 59
L. Zhang, K. Shqau, H. Verweij, G. Mumcu, K. Sertel, and J.L. Volakis

Analytic Methods for Determination of Activation Energy Using the Master Sintering Curve Approach 67
Matthew Schurwanz and Stephen J. Lombardo

Surface Analysis of Nano-Structured Carbon Nitride Films for Microsensors 79
Choong W. Chang, Ju N. Kim, Yoen H. Jeong, Young J. Seo, S. Chowdhury, and Sung P. Lee

Gas Permeability in Nanoporous Substrates 89
S. J. Lombardo, J.W. Yun, and S. Patel

PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS

Texturing of PMN-PT Ceramics via Templated Grain Growth (TGG): Issues and Perspectives 101
Mohammad E. Ebrahimi

Electrical Characterization and Dielectric Relaxation of Au/Porous Silicon Contacts 113
M. Chavarria and F. Fonthai

Structural and Dielectric Properties of the Naa5Bia5Ti03-NaTa03 Ceramic System 121
Jakob König, Matja Spreitzer, Bostjan Jancar, and Danilo Suvorov

Piezoelectric Behavior of the Blended Systems (NYLON 6/NYLON 11) 129
S.A. Pande, D.S. Kelkar, and D.R. Peshwe

Dielectric Properties of BaTi03 Doped with Er203, Yb203 Based on Intergranular Contacts Model 137
Vojislav Mitic, V. Paunovic, D. Mancic, Lj. Kocic, Lj. Zivkovic, and V.B. Pavlovic

Dielectric Properties of ACu3Ti4012-type Perovskites 145
Matthew C. Ferrarelli, Derek C. Sinclair and Anthony R. West

Dielectric Properties of Rare Earth Doped Sr-M Hexaferrites 155
Anterpreet Singh, S. Bindra Narang, Kulwant Singh, and R.K. Kotnala

High Temperature Piezoelectric Properties of Some Bismuth Layer-Structured Ferroelectric Ceramics 167
Tadashi Takenaka, Hajime Nagata, Toji Tokutsu, Kazuhiro Miyabayashi, and Yuji Hiruma

Effective Size of Vacancies in the âÃ^÷^Ïâ,ÔßÏ^ Superstructure 177
Rick Ubic, Ganesanpotti Subodh, Mailadil T. Sebastian, Delphine Gout and Thomas Proffen

Effect of Dopants and Processing on the Microstructure and Dielectric Properties of CaCu3Ti4012 (CCTO) 187
Barry Bender and M. Pan

Author Index 199