Table of Contents

Preface vii

Novel Applications of Perovskite Materials

Bismuth-Based Perovskite Structure Solid Solutions with Ferroelectric Morphotropic Phase Boundaries for Piezoelectric Applications 3
L.E. Cross and J.Cheng

The Wagon Wheel Transducer as a Vector Sensor and a Directional Projector 17
A.-C. Hladky-Hennion, J.K. Cochran, Jr., R. Meyer, D.C. Markley, and R.E. Newnham

Effect of Cathode Materials on the Performance of Single Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Module 39
F. Dogan, T. Suzuki, P. Jasinski, and H.U. Anderson

Perovskite Type Buffers for YBCO Coated Conductors 49
M.P. Paranthaman, T. Aytug, H.Y. Zhai, A.A. Gapud, P.M. Martin, K.J. Leonard, A. Goyal, and D.K. Christen

Polarization Dynamics Over Broad Time and Field Domains in Modified Ferroelectrics 59
C. Jullian, J. Li, and D. Viehland

Ba(ZrxTi1-x)O3:MgO Composites for Field and Frequency Tunable Applications 67
G Y. Li, E. Alberta, Z. Yu, R. Guo, and A.S. Bhalla

Processing, Texture and Grain Boundaries in Perovskites

Microstructural Aspects of Inclined Substrate Deposition Templates for Coated Conductors 79
D.J. Miller, S. Trasobares, R. Koritala, B. Ma, K. Uprety, and U. Balachandran

Twins in Superconducting Melt-textured Grown Y-Ba-Cu-O as Related to Critical Current Densities 87
S.-W. Chan and L. Mei

Characterization of Lanthanum Chromite Powders Obtained by Combustion Reaction 93
A. Franco, Jr. and C.GV. Neto

The Effect of Processing Conditions on the Dielectric Properties of Lead Magnesium Niobate-Lead Titanate Ceramics 101
B.A. Bender and M.-J. Pan

An Investigation of Electric Field-Induced Microcracking and Toughening in Piezoelectric Crystals 111
Z. Xu and Y. Zhang

Crystal Chemical and Physical Related Issues, Synthesis and Crystal Growth

Homogeneity Region and Crystal Structure of Sr and Mg Containing LaGaO3 at Temperatures between 1100°C and 1500°C in Air 121
P. Majewski, M. Rozumek, and F. Aldinger

Phase Equilibria of the Lead-Magnesium-Titanate and Lead-Niobium-Titanate Systems at 1000°C and 1 atm 139
R. Mangham and W.T. Petusky

Ferroelectric Behavior in the Aurivillius Phase Bi3Ti1.5W0.5O9 151
N. C. Hyatt and K. S. Knight

Electric Field-Induced Intersections of 90° Domain Walls in Tetragonal Ferroelectric Crystals 161
X. Tan and J.-K. Shang

Structural Transformations in Bismuth Titanates 171
S. Mallick, K.J. Bowman, E.B. Slamovich, A.H. King and J.L. Jones

Dielectric Property of Oxynitride Perovskites Containing Ta5+ 179
Y.-I. Kim and P. M. Woodward

High Energy Density Ferroelectric Glass-Ceramics 187
M.-J. Pan, M. Lanagan, B.A. Bender, and C.-T. Cheng

Incongruent Vaporization of AgNbO3 195
L.P. Cook, W. Wong-Ng, and Z. Yang

Author Index 207

Keyword Index 208

About the Author

Winnie Wong-Ng is the editor of Synthesis, Properties, and Crystal Chemistry of Perovskite-Based Materials: Proceedings of the 106th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 2004, published by Wiley.

Amit Goyal is the Director of the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary RENEW Institute at SUNY-Buffalo in Buffalo, New York. He is also Empire Innovation Professor at SUNY-Buffalo.

Ruyan Guo is an electrical engineer and the Robert E. Clarke Endowed Professor at the University of Texas, San Antonio. Guo was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2013 for his contributions to the understanding of polarization phenomena in ferroelectric solid-solution systems.

Amar S. Bhalla is the editor of Synthesis, Properties, and Crystal Chemistry of Perovskite-Based Materials: Proceedings of the 106th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 2004, published by Wiley.