Meet the editor

Dr. Dipti Ranjan Sahu is Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST). He received a Ph.D. in Physics from the Institute of Materials Science, Utkal University, India. He has worked as a postdoctoral researcher and visiting scientist at several institutions, including National Taiwan University, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, and the University

of Witwatersrand, South Africa. His research focuses on multifunctional materials including nanomaterials, ceramics, composites, spintronics, ferroelectrics, and magnetic materials, and the application of these functional materials in devices. He has published more than 101 peer-reviewed articles and more than 104 research articles in conference proceedings and meetings. He has also published two books and two book chapters.

Contents

for Applications *by Dipti Ranjan Sahu*

Perovskite Ferroelectric

Nanocomposites *by Maheswar Panda*

General Introduction to Ferroelectrics

*by Muzaffar Iqbal Khan and Trilok Chandra Upadhyay*

Relaxor Ferroelectric Oxides: Concept to Applications

*by Paramjit Kour and Sudipta Kishore Pradhan*

*by Lagen Kumar Pradhan and Manoranjan Kar*

*by Mohamed M. Mansour and Haruichi Kanaya*

*by Veronica Lucero Villegas Rueda*

Piezoelectricity and Its Applications

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 7**

**Chapter 3 31**

**Chapter 4 49**

**Chapter 5 71**

**Chapter 6 89**

**Chapter 7 107**

**Chapter 8 127**

*by B. Chandra Sekhar, B. Dhanalakshmi, B. Srinivasa Rao, S. Ramesh, K. Venkata Prasad, P.S.V. Subba Rao and B. Parvatheeswara Rao*

Ferroelectric, Piezoelectric and Dielectric Properties of Novel Polymer

Tunable Zeroth-Order Resonator Based on Ferroelectric Materials

Paramagnetic Transitions Ions as Structural Modifiers in Ferroelectrics

Introductory Chapter: Basics and Importance of Ferroelectric Materials
