Organic Ferroelectric Materials and Applications
- 1st Edition - October 27, 2021
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editor: Kamal Asadi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 5 5 1 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 5 5 2 - 4
Organic Ferroelectric Materials and Applications aims to bring an up-to date account of the field with discussion of recent findings. This book presents an interdisc… Read more
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Request a sales quoteOrganic Ferroelectric Materials and Applications aims to bring an up-to date account of the field with discussion of recent findings. This book presents an interdisciplinary resource for scientists from both academia and industry on the science and applications of molecular organic piezo- and ferroelectric materials.
The book addresses the fundamental science of ferroelectric polymers, molecular crystals, supramolecular networks, and other key and emerging organic materials systems. It touches on important processing and characterization methods and provides an overview of current and emerging applications of organic piezoelectrics and ferroelectrics for electronics, sensors, energy harvesting, and biomedical technologies.
Organic Ferroelectric Materials and Applications will be of special interest to those in academia or industry working in materials science, engineering, chemistry, and physics.
- Provides an overview of key physical properties of the emerging piezoelectric and ferroelectric molecular and supramolecular systems
- Discusses best practices of processing, patterning, and characterization methods and techniques
- Addresses current and emerging applications for electronics, materials development, sensors, energy harvesting, and biomedical technologies
Academia or industry working in materials science, engineering, chemistry, and physics
- Cover
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1: Introduction
- 1.1: Piezoelectric phenomena
- 1.2: Pyroelectric phenomena
- 1.3: Ferroelectric phenomena
- 1.4: Conclusion
- References
- 2: Ferroelectric charge-transfer complexes
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 2.1: Introduction
- 2.2: Background
- 2.3: Spin-Peierls transition system
- 2.4: Neutral-ionic transition (NIT) system
- 2.5: Miscellaneous approach to ferroelectric CT complexes
- 2.6: Summary and outlook
- References
- 3: Hydrogen-bonded organic molecular ferroelectrics/antiferroelectrics
- Abstract
- Acknowledgement
- 3.1: Introduction
- 3.2: Prototropic ferroelectrics
- 3.3: Proton-transfer-type binary components
- 3.4: Proton-transfer-type antiferroelectrics
- 3.5: Domain structures
- 3.6: Summary and outlook
- References
- 4: Synthesis of polyvinylidene fluoride and its copolymers
- Abstract
- 4.1: Fluorinated polymers
- 4.2: Poly(vinylidene fluoride)
- 4.3: Homopolymerization of PVDF
- 4.4: Vinylidene fluoride-based copolymers
- 4.5: Well-defined copolymers containing PVDF
- 4.6: Free radical polymerization
- 4.7: Polycondensation
- 4.8: Controlled radical polymerization
- 4.9: Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP)
- 4.10: Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT)/macromolecular design via reversible addition-fragmentation of xanthate (MADIX)
- 4.11: Iodine transfer polymerization
- 4.12: Click chemistry
- 4.13: Grafting
- 4.14: Applications
- 4.15: Conclusion
- References
- 5: Ferroelectric polymer blends for optoelectronic applications
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 5.1: Introduction
- 5.2: Thermodynamic preliminaries
- 5.3: Ferroelectric polymer blends: Morphologies, phase separations, and ferroelectric polarization behaviors
- 5.4: Optoelectronic applications with ferroelectric polymer blends
- 5.5: Self-assembled ferroelectric block copolymers
- 5.6: Concluding remarks
- References
- 6: Nylons
- Abstract
- 6.1: Introduction
- 6.2: Ferroelectricity in the crystalline phase of nylons
- 6.3: Ferroelectricity in amorphous phases of nylons
- 6.4: Novel ferroelectric nylons: SHL and DHL
- 6.5: Summary and outlook
- References
- 7: Switching dynamics in organic ferroelectrics
- Abstract
- 7.1: Introduction
- 7.2: Dipole switching in organic ferroelectric materials
- 7.3: Analytical models
- 7.4: Monte Carlo models
- 7.5: Molecular dynamics
- 7.6: First-principle theory
- 7.7: Conclusion and outlook
- References
- 8: Piezoresponse force microscopy for functional imaging of organic ferroelectrics
- Abstract
- 8.1: Introduction
- 8.2: Principles of piezoresponse force microscopy
- 8.3: Challenges of PFM characterization in organic ferroelectrics
- 8.4: Application of PFM technique to organic ferroelectrics
- 8.5: Conclusion and outlook
- References
- 9: Dielectric spectroscopy of ferroelectric polymers
- Abstract
- 9.1: Introduction
- 9.2: Methodological aspects
- 9.3: The effect of crystal and supramolecular structure of the ferroelectric polymers on their dielectric properties
- 9.4: Dielectric properties of textured ferroelectric films
- 9.5: Peculiarities of dielectric relaxation in ultrathin films
- 9.6: Space charge relaxation and phase transitions in heterogeneous ferroelectric polymers
- References
- 10: Liquid structuring in fluoropolymer solutions induced by water
- Abstract
- 10.1: Introduction
- 10.2: Some theoretical ingredients
- 10.3: Water vapor-induced demixing in fluoropolymer films
- 10.4: Controlled LLPS in electrospun fluoropolymer fibers
- 10.5: Conclusions
- References
- 11: Solution processing of piezoelectric unconventional structures
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 11.1: Introduction
- 11.2: Processing and applications of unconventional structures
- 11.3: Final remarks and future trends
- References
- 12: Polarization of ferroelectric polymers through electrolytes
- Abstract
- 12.1: Introduction
- 12.2: Ferroelectric/electrolyte interface: The basic concept
- 12.3: Applications
- 12.4: Concluding remarks
- References
- 13: Piezoelectric composites
- Abstract
- Dedication
- 13.1: Introduction
- 13.2: Basic concepts
- 13.3: Critical review
- 13.4: Concluding remarks
- References
- 14: Ferroelectric polymer composites for capacitive energy storage
- Abstract
- 14.1: Introduction
- 14.2: Dielectric materials for capacitive energy storage
- 14.3: Ferroelectric polymer dielectrics for capacitive energy storage
- 14.4: Conclusion and perspective
- References
- 15: Ferroelectric polymers for energy harvesting
- Abstract
- 15.1: Introduction
- 15.2: Ferroelectric polymers
- 15.3: Piezoelectric nanogenerators
- 15.4: Pyroelectric nanogenerators
- 15.5: Triboelectric nanogenerators
- 15.6: Hybrid nanogenerator
- 15.7: Nanogenerators beyond PVDF
- 15.8: Conclusion
- References
- 16: Electrocaloric effects in ferroelectric polymers
- Abstract
- 16.1: Introduction
- 16.2: Electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric polymers
- 16.3: Electrocaloric effect in ferroelectric polymer-based composites
- 16.4: Polymer-based electrocaloric effect devices
- 16.5: Outlook
- References
- 17: Biomimetic biocompatible ferroelectric polymer materials with an active response for implantology and regenerative medicine
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 17.1: Basic criteria for biocompatibility of the implantable materials and their evolution from passive (since 1970) to active ones
- 17.2: Surface physics of the implantable material and biointerface as a prerequisite of biocompatibility
- 17.3: Excitable membrane-mimetic materials with nonstationary reaction-diffusion properties for development of biocompatible biomimetic materials
- 17.4: Biocompatibility criteria of ferroelectric polymers as a consequent of bioferroelectricity
- 17.5: Electrophysical criteria for active biocompatible biomimetic implants—From energy harvesting toward reactivity
- 17.6: Excitability and multiparametric active response of soft matter/polymer ferroelectric materials to different external stimuli
- 17.7: Implantable PVDF-based sensors and actuators within the framework of “artificial life” and self-organization concepts
- 17.8: Emergent biomimetic ferroelectric scaffolds as sensors and actuators for the feedback-controlled tissue morphogenesis
- 17.9: From PVDF-based sensing to acoustically guided implantable microfluidics and acoustofluidic micro total analysis systems
- 17.10: Surface electrocapillary effect and implantable ferroelectric thread-based microfluidics
- 17.11: Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 27, 2021
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- No. of pages: 648
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128215517
- eBook ISBN: 9780128215524
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Kamal Asadi
Kamal Asadi is a Professor of Physics at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. He obtained his PhD in Physics from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. During his PhD research, he worked on ferroelectric memories and opto-electronic devices based on ferroelectric polymers and invented two new types of ferroelectric memory devices. Following his PhD, he joined Philips Research Labs in Eindhoven in the Netherlands to work on oxide-semiconductors and graphene for lighting and microelectronics, and on ferroelectrics for sensing and actuating applications. Subsequently, he moved to the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz (Germany), where he received the highly prestigious Sofja Kavaleskaja Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2014. His current research focuses on piezoelectric polymers and multi-ferroic composites for application in memories, energy harvesting and sensors.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Physics, University of Bath, UK.Read Organic Ferroelectric Materials and Applications on ScienceDirect