DIELECTRIC MATERIALS:INTRODUCTION, RESEARCHAND APPLICATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- CLASSIFICATION OF DIELECTRICS -- (A) NON-FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS -- (B) FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS -- HISTORY -- 3.1. FERROELECTRICITY -- 3.2. PYROELECTRICITY -- 3.3. PIEZOELECTRICITY -- 3.4. MULTIFERROICITY -- DIELECTRIC RESPONSE OF MATERIALS -- DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY -- 5.1. PHASE TRANSITION -- 5.2. DIFFUSE PHASE TRANSITION -- 5.3. DIELECTRIC RELAXATION -- SYNTHESIS OF DIFFERENTDIELECTRIC MATERIALS -- 6.1. SINGLE CRYSTAL -- 6.2. CERAMICS -- 1) Mechanical Methods -- 2) Chemical Methods -- 6.3. THIN FILM -- 6.4. POLYMERS -- 6.4.1. Electrical Properties of Polymers -- 6.4.2. Different Types of Dielectric Polymers -- 6.5. LIQUID CRYSTALS -- Thermotropic LCs -- Lyotropic -- Metallotropic -- 6.5.1. Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals -- 6.5.2. Dielectric Spectroscopy of Liquid Crystal -- CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES -- 7.1. THERMAL ANALYSIS -- 7.1.1. Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA) -- 7.1.2. Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) -- 7.3. STRUCTURAL AND MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS -- 7.3.1. X-ray Diffraction Study (XRD) -- 7.3.2. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) -- 7.3.3. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) -- 7.3.4. FTIR Spectroscopy -- 7.3.5. Raman Spectroscopy -- 7.4. DIELECTRIC STUDY -- 7.4.1. Spontaneous Polarization Study -- 7.4.2. Pyroelectric Studies -- 7.4.3. Piezoelectric Study -- 7.5. ELECTRICAL PROPERTY -- 7.5.1. Complex Impedance Spectroscopy -- 7.5.2. Electrical Conductivity Study -- ac Conductivity -- dc Conductivity -- CONCLUSION -- RESEARCH ON SOME DIELECTRIC MATERIALS -- 8.1. HYDROGEN-BONDED MATERIALS -- 8.1.1. KH2PO4 -- 8.1.2. PbHPO4 -- 8.1.3. CsH2PO4 -- 8.2. OXIDE FERROELECTRICS -- 8.2.1. Perovskite Structures -- 8.2.2. Tungsten Bronze Structure -- 8.2.3. Layered Structure Oxides and Complex Compounds.

8.2.4. Pyrochlore Oxides -- COMPLEX IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY OFDIELECTRIC MATERIALS -- MULTIFERROIC PROPERTYOF DIELECTRIC MATERIALS -- APPLICATIONS -- 11.1. DIELECTRIC DEVICES -- 11.2. PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES -- 11.3. PYROELECTRIC DEVICES -- 11.4. FERROELECTRIC DEVICES -- 11.5. MULTIFERROIC DEVICES -- 11.6. OTHER APPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.