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Multifunctional Ferroic Nanocomposites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

R. E. Newnham
Affiliation:
Materials Research Laboratory, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
S. E. McKinstry
Affiliation:
Materials Research Laboratory, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
H. Ikawa
Affiliation:
Materials Research Laboratory, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
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Abstract

As trends towards miniaturized components and systems continue in many fields, there has been a rapid development in similarly scaled-down composites. In the electronics industry, these nanocomposites (and especially active nanocomposites based on ferroic elements) form a basis for many of the recent advances in both information and charge storage. While the overall properties of some of these composites can be explained as straightforward extrapolations from the bulk properties, in other instances the small size of the ferroic phase has important consequences on the macroscopic behavior of the composite. This paper reviews some of the recent developments in small-scale ferroic nanocomposites and details the relation between component size and the resultant properties.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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