Electrical Characterisation of Materials and Devices. CEMAD

Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials

Journal Papers (after 2000)

    • In press

       

      Enhanced dielectric performance of a block copolymer-polythiophene nanocomposite
      M. M. Pérez-Madrigal, D. A. Ochoa, J. E. García, E. Armelin, and C. Alemán
      Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics

       

      • 2016


      High stability of properties in morphotropic phase boundary Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-BaTiO3 piezoceramics
      R. Machado, D. A. Ochoa, V. B. dos Santos, E. Cerdeiras, L. Mestres, and J. E. García
      Materials Letters 183, 73-76 (2016)


      Extensive domain wall contribution to strain in a (K,Na)NbO3-based lead-free piezoceramics quantified from high energy X-ray diffraction
      D. A. Ochoa, G. Esteves, T. Iamsasri, F. Rubio-Marcos, J. F. Fernández, J. E. García, and J. L. Jones
      Journal of the European Ceramic Society 36, 2489-2494 (2016)


      Extrinsic response enhancement at the polymorphic phase boundary in piezoelectric materials
      D. A. Ochoa, G. Esteves, J. L. Jones, F. Rubio-Marcos, J. F. Fernández, and J. E. García
      Applied Physics Letters 108, 142901 (2016)

       

      Microstructure effects on BaTiO3/BaTi0.8Zr0.2O3 composite properties
      T. M. Amaral, E. Antonelli, D. A. Ochoa, J. E. García, and A. C. Hernandes
      Ceramics International 42, 8488-8494 (2016)


      Preisach modelling of temperature dependent ferroelectric response of piezoceramics at sub-switching regime
      D. A. Ochoa and J. E. García
      Applied Physics A 122, 263 (2016)


      • 2015


      Extrinsic contribution and instability properties in lead-based and lead-free piezoceramics
      J. E. García
      Materials 8, 7821-7836 (2015)


      Magneto-electric response in (1-x)PbZr0.65Ti0.35O3–xBaFe12O19 multiferroic ceramic composites
      J. D. S. Guerra, S. Betal, M. Pal, J. E. Garcia, A. J. A. Oliveira, J. C. M’Peko, A. C. Hernandes, R. Guo, and A. S. Bhalla
      Journal of the American Ceramic Society 98, 1542-1547 (2015)


      Microstructural features and functional properties of bilayered BaTiO3/BaTi1-xZrxO3 ceramics
      T. M. Amaral, E. Antonelli, D. A. Ochoa, J. E. García, and A. C. Hernandes
      Journal of the American Ceramic Society 98, 1169-1174 (2015)


      Growth and physical properties of highly oriented La-doped (K,Na)NbO3 ferroelectric thin films
      X. Vendrell, O. Raymond, D. A. Ochoa, J. E. García, and L. Mestres
      Thin Solid Films 577, 35-41 (2015)


      Improving the functional properties of (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 piezoceramics by acceptor doping
      X. Vendrell, J. E. García, X. Bril, D. A. Ochoa, L. Mestres, and G. Dezanneau
      Journal of the European Ceramic Society 35, 125-130 (2015)


      • 2014


      La3+-induced (micro)structural changes and origin of the relaxor-like phase transition in ferroelectric lead barium niobate electroceramics
      M. Venet, F. L. Zabotto, J. E. García, D. A. Ochoa, D. García, J. A. Eiras, and J.-C. M’Peko
      Journal of Materials Science       49, 4825-4832 (2014)


      • 2013


      Preisach modelling of nonlinear response in electrically biased lead zirconate titanate-based piezoceramics
      D. A. Ochoa, R. Pérez, and J. E. García
      Applied Physics A 112, 1081-1088 (2013)


      Exploring different sintering atmospheres to reduce nonlinear response of modified KNN piezoceramics
      X. Vendrell, J. E. García, F. Rubio-Marcos, D. A. Ochoa, L. Mestres, and J. F. Fernández
      Journal of the European Ceramic Society 33, 825-831 (2013)


      • 2012


      Evidences of temperature dependent domain wall dynamics in hard lead zirconate titanate piezoceramics
      J. E. García, D. A. Ochoa, V. Gomis, J. A. Eiras, and R. Pérez
      Journal of Applied Physics 112, 014113 (2012)


      Raman scattering, microstructural and dielectric studies on Ba1-xCaxBi4Ti4O15 ceramics
      S. Kumar, S. Kundu, D. A. Ochoa, J. E. García, and K. B. R. Varma
      Materials Chemistry and Physics 136, 680-687 (2012)


      Interrelationship between phase transition characteristics and piezoelectric response in lead lanthanum zirconate titanate relaxor ceramics

      J. D. S. Guerra, J. E. García, D. A. Ochoa, A. Pelaíz-Barranco, O. García-Zaldívar, and F. Calderón-Piñar
      Journal of Materials Science 47, 5715-5720 (2012)



      Effect of uniaxial compressive stress on dielectric and piezoelectric responses in lead zirconate titanate based ceramics 
      D. A. Ochoa, J. E. García, I. Tamayo, V. Gomis, D. Damjanovic, and R. Pérez
      Journal of the American Ceramic Society 95, 1656-1660 (2012)


      Relaxor ferroelectric behavior and structural aspects of SrNaBi2Nb3O12 ceramics
      S. Kumar, D. A. Ochoa, J. E. García, and K. B. R. Varma
      Journal of the American Ceramic Society 95, 1339-1342 (2012)



      Influence of Mn-doping on phase transition characteristics and relaxor behaviour of lead lanthanum zirconate titanate ceramics
      E. Pérez-Delfín, J. E. García, A. Vega-García, F. Guerrero, and J. A. Eiras
      Journal of the European Ceramic Society 32, 1659-1665 (2012)

       

       

      Reduced twinning efficiency and tri-dimensional crack structure in melt-textured NdBa2Cu3O7−δ bulk samples fragmentation process
      M. Gombos, V. Gomis, R. Ciancio, D. Zola, A. E. Carrillo, G. Carapella, A. Vecchione, M. Polichetti, S. Pace, and X. Obradors
      Superconductor Science and Technology 25, 125017 (2012)


      • 2011


      Effect of Mn-acceptor dopant on dielectric and piezoelectric responses of lead lanthanum zirconate titanate piezoceramics
      E. Perez-Delfin, J. E. García, D. A. Ochoa, R. Pérez, F. Guerrero, and J. A. Eiras
      Journal of Applied Physics 110, 034106 (2011)


      Phase transition characteristics and dielectric properties of rare-earth (La, Pr, Nd, Gd) doped
      Ba(Zr0.09Ti0.91)O3 ceramics
      X. Diez-Betriu, J. E. García, C. Ostos, A. U. Boya, D. A. Ochoa, L. Mestres, and R. Pérez
      Materials Chemistry and Physics 125, 493-499 (2011)


      • 2010


      Effects of poling process on KNN-modified piezoceramic properties
      F. Rubio-Marcos, J. J. Romero, D. A. Ochoa, J. E. García, R. Pérez, and J. F. Fernández
      Journal of the American Ceramic Society 93, 318-321 (2010)


      Motion of 90º and 180º ferroelectric domain wall structures
      R. Pérez, J. E. García, A. Albareda, V. Gomis, and D. A. Ochoa
      Mechanics of Materials 42, 374-382 (2010)


      Grain size effect on electromechanical properties and non-linear response of dense nano and microstructured PIN–PT ceramics
      K. Alilat, M. Pham Thi, H. Dammak, C. Bogicevic, A. Albareda, M. Doisy
      Journal of the European Ceramic Society 30, 1919-1924 (2010)


      Dielectric and mechanical nonlinear behavior of Mn doped PMN-35PT ceramics
      D. Kobor, A. Hajjaji, J. E. García, R. Pérez, A. Albareda, L. Lebrun and D. Guyomar
      Journal of Modern Physics 1, 211-216 (2010)


      • 2009


      Domain wall contribution to dielectric and piezoelectric responses in 0.65Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)-0.35PbTiO3 ferroelectric ceramics
      J. E. García, J. D. S. Guerra, E. B. Araujo, and R. Pérez
      Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 42, 115421 (2009)


      Synthesis and characterization of A-site deficient rare-earth doped BaZrxTi1-xO3 perovskite-type compounds
      C. Ostos, L. Mestres, M.L. Martínez-Sarrión, J.E. García, A. Albareda, and R. Perez
      Solid State Science 11, 1016-1022 (2009)


      Extrinsic contributions and non-linear response in lead-free KNN-modified piezoceramics
      D. A. Ochoa, J. E. García, R. Pérez, V. Gomis, A. Albareda, F. Rubio-Marcos, and J. F. Fernández
      Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 42, 015402 (2009).


      • 2008


      Evaluation of domain wall motion in lead zirconate titanate ceramics by nonlinear response measurements
      J. E. García, R. Pérez, D. A. Ochoa, A. Albareda, M. H. Lente, and J. A. Eiras
      Journal of Applied Physics 103, 054108 (2008)


      Influence of extrinsic contribution on the macroscopic properties of hard and soft lead zirconate titanate ceramics
      D. A. Ochoa, J. E. García, R. Pérez, and A. Albareda
      IEEE Transaction Ultrasonic Ferroelectric and Frequency Control 55, 2732-2736 (2008)


      Ferroelectric switching and fatigue in Pb(Zr1-xTix)O3-based ceramics (in Spanish)
      J. E. García, A. Rodríguez, R. Pérez y A. Albareda
      Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio 47, 123-128 (2008)


      Intrinsic and extrinsic behaviours in piezoceramics (in Spanish)
      A. Albareda, R. Pérez, J. E. García y D. A. Ochoa
      Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio 47, 245-251 (2008)


      • 2007


      Unexpected dielectric response in lead zirconate titanate ceramics: the role of ferroelectric domain wall pinning effects
      J. E. García, V. Gomis, R. Pérez, A. Albareda, and J. A. Eiras
      Applied Physics Letter 91, 042902 (2007)


      Extrinsic effects in twinned ferroelectric polycrystals
      R. Pérez, J. E. García, A. Albareda, and D. A. Ochoa
      Journal of Applied Physics 102, 044117 (2007)


      Optimization of elastic nonlinear behavior measurements of ceramic piezoelectric resonators with burst excitation
      A. Albareda, R. Pérez, J. A. Casals, J. E. Garcia, and D. A. Ochoa
      IEEE Transaction Ultrasonic Ferroelectric and Frequency Control 54, 2175-2188 (2007)


      Extrinsic response anisotropy in ferroelectric perovskite polycrystals
      J. E. García, R. Pérez, A. Albareda, and J. A. Eiras
      Solid State Communication 144, 23-26 (2007)


      Non-linear dielectric and piezoelectric response in undoped and Nb5+ or Fe3+ doped PZT ceramic system
      J. E. García, R. Pérez, A. Albareda, and J. A. Eiras
      Journal of European Ceramic Society 27, 4029-4032 (2007)


      Influence of donor and acceptor substitutions on the extrinsic behaviour of PZT piezoceramics
      A. Albareda, R. Pérez, J. E. García, D. A. Ochoa, V. Gomis, and J. A. Eiras
      Journal of European Ceramic Society 27, 4025-4028 (2007) 


      Non-linear elastic phenomena near the radial antiresonance frequency in piezoceramics discs
      A. Albareda, R. Pérez, J. E. García, and D. A. Ochoa
      Journal of Electroceramics 19, 427-431 (2007)


      • 2006


      Extrinsic coefficient characterisation of PZT ceramics near the morphotropic phase boundary
      A. Albareda, R. Pérez, J. E. García, J. Tiana, E. Pérez, and J. A. Gorri
      Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio 45, 184-187 (2006)


      Direct piezoelectric effect d33 non-linearity in PZT ceramics (in Spanish)
      R. Pérez, A. Albareda, E. Pérez, J. E. García, J. Tiana y J. A. Gorri
      Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio 45, 197-201 (2006)


      • 2005


      Contribution of reversible proceses to the dielectric response in hard lead zirconate titanate ceramics
      J. E. García, R. Pérez, and A. Albareda
      Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 17, 7143-7150 (2005)


      Dielectric and mechanical nonlinearities of <001> oriented pure and doped single crystal of PZN-4.5PT
      D. Kobor, A. Albareda, R. Pérez, J. E. García, L. Lebrun, and D. Guyomar
      Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 38, 2258-2264 (2005)


      Extrinsic behavior of PZT ceramics near the morphotropic phase transition
      A. Albareda, R. Pérez, J. E. García, J. Tiana, and E. Pérez
      Journal de Physique IV 128, 145-149 (2005)


      • 2004

      Extrinsic contribution to the non-linearity in a PZT disc
      R. Pérez, A. Albareda, J. E. García, J. Tiana, E. Ringgaard, and W. Wolny
      Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 37, 2648-2654 (2004)


      Relation between electrical and mechanical nonlinear behaviours in PZT piezoelectric ceramics (in Spanish)
      R. Pérez, A. Albareda, J. E. García, and J. A. Casals
      Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio 43, 658-662 (2004)


      Nonlinear elastic behavior of piezoelectric ceramics (in Spanish)
      A. Albareda, R. Pérez, J. E. García, J. A. Casals, and M. Udina
      Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio 43, 119-126 (2004)


      • 2003


      Nonlinear characterization with burst excitation of 1-3 piezocomposites transducers
      J. A. Casals, A. Albareda, R. Pérez, J. E. García, E. Minguella, and F. Montero de Espinosa
      Ultrasonics 41, 307-311 (2003)


      • 2002


      Relation between nonlinear dielectric behavior and alterations of domain structure in a piezoelectric ceramic
      R. Pérez, J. E. García, and A. Albareda
      Ferroelectrics 273, 205-210 (2002)


      Nonlinear measurement of high power 1-3 piezo-air-tranducers with burst excitation
      A. Albareda, J. A. Casals, R. Pérez, and F. Montero de Espinosa
      Ferroelectrics 273, 47-52 (2002)


      Revelation of domain structure through nonlinear behaviour in a piezoelectric ceramic (in Spanish)
      J. E. García, R. Pérez, and A. Albareda
      Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio 41, 75-79 (2002)


      Nonlinear characterization with burst excitation of 1-3 piezocomposite power transducers for air emission (in Spanish)
      J. A. Casals, A. Albareda, R. Pérez, and F. Montero de Espinosa
      Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio 41, 102-106 (2002)


      • 2001


      Nonlinear direct and indirect third harmonic generation in piezoelectric resonators by the intermodulation method
      A. Albareda, J. H. Kayombo, and J. A. Gorri
      Review of Scientific Instrument 72, 2742-2749 (2001)


      High electric field measurement of dielectric constant and losses of ferroelectric ceramic
      J. E. García, R. Pérez, and A. Albareda
      Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 34, 3279-3284 (2001)


      • 2000


      Nonlinear behavior in a piezoelectric resonator: a method of analysis
      J. E. García, R. Pérez, A. Albareda, and E. Minguella
      IEEE Transaction Ultrasonic Ferroelectric and Frequency Control 47, 921-928 (2000)


      Characterization of the mechanical nonlinear behavior of piezoelectric ceramics
      A. Albareda, P. Gonnard, V. Perrin, R. Briot, and D. Guyomar
      IEEE Transaction Ultrasonic Ferroelectric and Frequency Control 47, 844-853 (2000)


      Nonlinear mechanical behavior of piezocomposites for ultrasonic transducers
      A. Albareda, R. Pérez, J. H. Kayombo, E. Minguella, J. A. Casals, and F. Montero de Espinosa
      Ultrasonics 38, 151–155 (2000)


      Nonlinear characterization of resonant piezocomposites 1-3 for NDT ultrasonic transducers
      J. A. Casals, A. Albareda, R. Pérez, J. H. Kayombo, E. Minguella, and F. Montero de Espinosa
      The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics 11, 15-20 (2000)


      Discrimination of second order nonlinear coefficients of piezoelectric ceramics: a measurement method
      J. E. García and R. Pérez
      Ferroelectrics 238, 219-226 (2000)