TY - BOOK AU - Mantese,Joseph V. AU - Alpay,S.Pamir ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Graded Ferroelectrics, Transpacitors and Transponents T2 - Multifunctional Thin Film Series SN - 9780387233208 PY - 2005/// CY - Boston, MA PB - Springer US KW - CHEMISTRY KW - CONDENSED MATTER KW - OPTICAL MATERIALS KW - SURFACES (PHYSICS) KW - SURFACES AND INTERFACES, THIN FILMS KW - OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC MATERIALS KW - CERAMICS, GLASS, COMPOSITES, NATURAL METHODS KW - CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF MATERIALS N1 - Polarization-Graded Ferroelectrics: The Dielectric Analogues of Semiconductor Junction Devices -- Thermodynamic Theory of Polarization-Graded Ferroelectrics -- Graded Ferroelectric Devices (GFDs) -- Trans-capacitive Devices: Transpacitors -- Graded Ferroics and Transponents N2 - Graded Ferroelectrics, Transpacitors and Transponents details the experimental and theoretical aspects of newly emerging ferroelectric devices, and their extensions to other ferroic systems such as: ferromagnetics, ferroelastics, piezoelectrics, etc. The theory and experimental results pertaining to non-homogeneous active ferroic devices and structures are presented The primary focus of the book is directed toward polarization-graded ferroelectrics and their active components - transpacitors; however, the findings here are quite general. The theory of graded ferroics is put on a solid foundation in Chapters 2 and 5, whereas much of the introductory material relies more heavily upon analogy. This was done so as to provide the reader with an intuitive approach to graded ferroics. Heterogeneous ferroics are shown as logical extensions of passive semiconductor junction devices such as p-n and n-p diodes and their active manifestations: transistors, to transpacitors, transductors, translastics and ultimately to the general active ferroic elements, transponents UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b101201 ER -